Legislators Kansas

He came to Congress during the same cold, snowy January that John F. Kennedy came to the White House. So long ago that Jimmy Carter was still a peanut farmer, Ronald Reagan was nominally a Democrat--still giving speeches for General Electric--and George Bush was just another Texas oilman. There had been no civil rights revolution, no Great Society, no Vietnam War.

He came to Congress during the same cold, snowy January that John F. Kennedy came to the White House. So long ago that Jimmy Carter was still a peanut farmer, Ronald Reagan was nominally a Democrat--still giving speeches for General Electric--and George Bush was just another Texas oilman. There had been no civil rights revolution, no Great Society, no Vietnam War.

Lt. Gov. Sheila Frahm, a Kansas farm wife and school board member who went on to become the first female majority leader of the state Senate, was appointed to Bob Dole's Senate seat Friday. Republican Gov. Bill Graves selected the 51-year-old moderate Republican to serve until the seat is filled in the November election.

Lt. Gov. Sheila Frahm, a Kansas farm wife and school board member who went on to become the first female majority leader of the state Senate, was appointed to Bob Dole's Senate seat Friday. Republican Gov. Bill Graves selected the 51-year-old moderate Republican to serve until the seat is filled in the November election.

In Texas, more than 10,000 people joined a recent rally to protest it. In Seattle, high school teachers launched a boycott over it. And in Los Angeles, school board candidates are arguing over it - a debate considered so crucial to the future of education reform that outside donors have poured millions into the campaigns. The growing use of standardized tests to assess students and teachers is sparking a push-back nationwide in what has become one of the greatest divides in educational policy.