all political stripes, including long-standing Tories - are hoping their grassroots movement will bring about a groundswell of support. The full-page ad reads, in part: ``Large classes. Fewer special education classes. Reduced library staff. Fewer arts programs . . . Does this sound like your school?'''' The first one science experiments for kids appears in today''s star. the funding formula is not meeting needs of kids in toronto, or anywhere,'''' said joanne pauli, speaking on behalf of the newly formed friends of public she has three children, one at north toronto collegiate. most of the parents have some connection to the collegiate; experiments the idea for the ad campaign came out of a parent council meeting. the one-size-fits-all formula isn''t really fitting anyone at all,'''' pauli said. in 1998, the provincial government seized control of education spending, taking away individual boards'' ability to raise their own taxes depending on their needs. it now spends $13.4 billion for a year.

a modest proposal by president clinton for vague and voluntary national standards kids provoked strong opposition in congress science and elsewhere. a variety of efforts on the part of states to introduce some forms of curriculum guidelines and to reinforce them with statewide testing have stirred up strong reactions at the local level. reinforcing this local response to setting standards has been the hostility toward government that has characterized the politics of the last two experiments decades. increasingly, elected officials have won office on a platform of being relentlessly anti-government. they see their primary job as an effort to protect for local communities and individual citizens from the intrusion of government control denver should consolidate its program for gifted middle-schoolers kids to stop children from leaving for private, charter and magnet schools, the program''s leader said thursday.

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