We have three departments, Curriculum and Instruction, Education Administration and Special Education.

The difference has been, in responding to the U.S. News and World Report sets of questions, is that we made a better case. We really looked within ourselves and said, 'We do that, we do that,' and we were able to document it.

We have nothing against mandatory health education. We think it's a valid topic that should be part of the curriculum. But this is a Trojan horse to bring a very radical sexual curriculum into the schools.

Our curriculum has become much more cafeteria-like. In classical times, education was regarded as generally rhetorical. Rhetoric is the unifying force. This is a return to that synthesis of rhetoric and discipline knowledge.

For truth to tell, dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with pen- that one must learn how to write

Now we know it's far more important to focus attention to what's going on inside of the schools, curriculum, improving principal leadership, instruction and professional development.