The Nation - News from Sept. 19, 1989

President Bush’s impending summit conference on education is already a success simply because it is taking place, two Republican governors--speaking on behalf of the National Governors Assn.--said. No matter what happens next week in the closed sessions, Govs. Terry E. Branstad of Iowa and Garrey E. Carruthers of New Mexico told a Washington news conference, the spotlight will be on the national crisis in education. The conference is to take place at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Since 1986, the National Governors Assn. has issued extensive reports on education in America. Branstad and Carruthers called the news conference to issue this year’s report, in which the governors renewed their call for “national education goals” to guide the states and local communities.