ABSTRACT
Jimmy Carter's, an American president, first political success was winning the race for the George state senate against the attempt by local courthouse politicians to defraud him. Public approval of Carter's presidency was 60 percent or more during most of the first year of his presidency, but it began to fall in September 1977. Carter had made a campaign promise of a broad department, which includes early childhood education, job training, adult education, childcare. The three high points of Carter's foreign policy were Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), recognition of China, and Camp David. Carter idea was to elevate education as a national priority, but he went beyond the desire of the teachers' unions in his emphasis on breadth. Carter's leadership skills can be found in four policy initiatives: welfare reform, creation of the Department of Education, the Panama Canal treaties, and energy program. Carter repudiated the cold war politics of confrontation and called for an era of good feeling.
