September 7, 1981
Education Week, Vol. 01, Issue 01
Education
Text and Recommendations From Memorandum on Restructuring the Federal Role in Education
Following are excerpts of a memorandum recommending changes in both the structure and philosophy of the federal involvement in American education. The document was sent last month by Education Secretary Terrel H. Bell to the White House for review and reactions.
Education
Retirements, Power Shifts Alter Education Leadership in States
Just as the Reagan Administration is moving to transfer more responsibility for education to the states, a soon-to-be-released study suggests that state legislators may be losing interest in making education policy.
Education
Opinion
Trashing The Coleman Report
What is it about the scholarship of James Coleman that so often makes him the target of calumny, denunciation, and unprofessorial mudslinging by his fellow social scientists, even as he is lionized in the popular press, asked to speak to distinguished gatherings, and invited to testify before Congressional committees?
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
At the recent meeting of Chief State School Officers and State Higher Education Officers, I believe steps were finally taken that hold promise for ending the critical barriers that so unnecessarily divide us in education.
Federal
Far-Reaching Shift in Federal Role Urged by Bell
Details of a tightly-guarded memorandum offer a precise blueprint for engineering a fundamental realignment of the federal role in education.