THE CURRICULUM SCENE IN THE UNITED-STATES

The euphoria of President Clinton's inauguration has yet to be transmu ted into specific policies, and it is not clear how federal policy on education will shape up under the first Democratic administration for many years. In any event, federal policy is one thing, state policy an other; and still another is that of the individual school district, or even an individual school for that matter, since 'site-based manageme nt' has combined with the 'school restructuring' movement to give a me asure of autonomy to some schools.