By Jeff Schweitzer
In 1986, Ronald Reagan addressed our nation’s schools with a speech that focused heavily on his administration’s political accomplishments.  He talked about inheriting a bad economy and declining defense budget, and then declared “And I think it’s fair to say that we’ve made a good deal of progress.”
In 1991, George H.W. Bush broadcast nationwide a speech delivered to a junior high school in the nation’s capital.  In his delivery Bush promoted is own education policies.  He even specifically asked students to consider …