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President Clinton announced today that the administration wants to spend 5 billion dollars over the next four years repairing the nation's schools. The move comes just weeks after a government report documented serious decay in schools nationwide. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

director of Regional Strategic Programs at the Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom in Washington, about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's first state visit to Washington...

Commentator Michael Hood recalls his childhood in the Fifties, when fathers ruled the roost and children knew their parts. Chicken parts were divvied up according to the family food chain, with giblets being the prize: Food of the Dads.

that contains nearly $66 Billion for social programs and education in the next fiscal year. That amounts to a freeze at current year levels. If it clears Congress, the measure faces a likely veto from President Clinton.

Commentator Susan Aaronson (AIR-un-sun) says that too often, reporters use inflammatory language or dramatic metaphors to explain economic situations...phrases such as "trade war," in describing our relationship with China, are misleading and inaccurate.

the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which has been under negotiation for more than two years...

Rock historian ED WARD tells us about the music genre known as "techno." INT. 2: Playwright MART CROWLEY. His works were recently re-published in a book, "3 Plays by Mart Crowley" (Alyson Publications). "The Boys in the Band" (1968), is the classic portrait of a gay artist living in New York and was one of the first plays to break the taboo on the portrayal of homosexuality. A revival of "The Boys in the Band" opened in June and the film version is being featured at the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival this summer. CROWELY''s other works in the book are "A Breeze from the Gulf" (1974) and "For Reasons that Remain Uncertain" (1994).REV. 2: TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new three part series on PBS, "Signal to Noise: Life with Television.

to increase minority representation on jury panels. The efforts face a variety of hurdles including the revelation by a recent study suggesting that African-Americans are less likely to respond to the questionnaires that lead to jury duty.

Commentator Frederica Matthewes-Green (fred-REE-kah MATH-yooz GREEN) works at home, but she misses the office -- the daily flow of human interaction among colleagues. So she has joined an on-line group where they regularly enjoy jokes, recipes, memories, and dreams: the skin contact of cyberspace. It isn't like sharing stories with a buddy over the coffeemaker, she says, But it's not like sitting in rush hour traffic, either.

Linda talks with NPR's Elizabeth Arnold about this week's developments in the presidential campaign, including the announcement by former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm that he would run for the Reform Party nomination and billionaire Ross Perot's statements about his plans to run. They'll also talk about the controversy over Bob Dole's decision not to address the annual convention of the NAACP and President Clinton's appearance before the civil rights group.

- Daniel speaks with Thomas Hanley, one of the defense attornies for Bosian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Hanley argues the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague, which has indicted Karadzic as a war criminal and issued a warrent for his arrest, is denying his client due process of law and a fair trail.

- NPR's David Welna reports on the swirl of scandal surrounding Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Charges are being leveled that Zedillo, before he became president, was involved in a case involving suspected corruption.