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.
September 7, 1981
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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.
Thomas Toch, September 7, 1981
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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?
Chester E. Finn Jr., September 7, 1981
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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.
September 7, 1981
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President Ronald Reagan is flanked by Education Secretary Terrel Bell, left, White House Policy director, during a meeting in the Cabinet Room in Washington, Feb. 23, 1984 where they discussed school discipline.
President Ronald Reagan is flanked by Education Secretary Terrel Bell, left, White House Policy director, during a meeting in the Cabinet Room in Washington, Feb. 23, 1984 where they discussed school discipline.
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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.
Eileen White, September 7, 1981
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