This document traces the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the School-to-Work Opportunities Act as they proceeded through Congress. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Douglas Bedient and Michael D. Usdan); "Introduction" (John F. Jennings); "The Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Providing a World-Class Education for Every Child" (Richard W. Riley); "Enacting Goals 2000: Educate America Act" (Dale E. Kildee); "The Unmaking of School Reform" (John A. Boehner); "Goals 2000: A New Partnership for Student Achievement" (Gordon M. Ambach); "The Governors and the National Education Goals" (Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.); "Systemic Reform and Goals 2000" (Jennifer O'Day); "Building a Framework for a School-to-Work Opportunities System" (Robert B. Reich); "Establishing the Framework for 'Hire' Education in America" (Paul Simon); "Concerns about School-to-Work" (Nancy Landon Kassebaum); "The Evolution of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act" (Hilary Pennington); and "School Reform: The Making of Two New National Policies" (John F. Jennings). (MN)