Lee suggests that Lin will promote educational reform in a steady, careful manner. Although Lin Ching-jiang is under the heat of intense public scrutiny, he displays considerable self confidence. He has declared that educational reform is not about swashbuckling heroism, but about long-term commitment. He intends to implement smaller class sizes by the year 2006, and emphasizes that the Ministry of Education will place high priority on adult education.
林清江在強大的輿論壓力下登上教改列車，卻仍表現出十足信心，他認為，教育改革沒有英雄，只有改革的經營者，並隨即提出他的經營理念，例如，小班制將以九十五學年度為達成目標，他也強調未來施政重點是全面推展終身教育，大幅擴充回流教育，使每人終生都有希望。