Lauro F. Cavazos
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Lauro F. Cavazos, Fourth U.S. Education Secretary: Biography and Achievements
Background and highlights of Lauro F. Cavazos's tenure as the fourth U.S. Secretary of Education.
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Highlights of Cavazos, Bennett, and Senate Proposals
Following are highlights of proposals on student-loan defaults offered by Secretary Cavazos, former Secretary William J. Bennett, and the ''student-loan default-prevention and management act" passed by the Senate on March 17: 
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Cavazos: Drug Programs 'Worth the Effort'
Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos discussed drug education in a May 25 speech to Central and South American journalists attending the Voice of America's International Training Center Workshop in Washington. Following are excerpts from his remarks:
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Cavazos Unveils Plan To Combat Loan Defaults
Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos last week proposed to begin a "graduated" attack on the escalating problem of federal student-loan defaults by cracking down on schools where a majority of students fail to repay their loans.
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Cavazos Pledges $2 Million To Enhance Anti-Drug Efforts
Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos last week announced a series of initiatives to aid schools in combating drug abuse.
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Cavazos, Lujan Promise Focus on Indian Schools
Santa Fe, NM--Searching for ways to improve the education of Native Americans, Education Secretary Lauro F. Cavazos and Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr. made "unprecedented" joint visits last week to five federally supported Indian schools.
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A Study in Contrasts: Cavazos' Low-Key Style Differs From Bennett's
Santa Fe, NM--When he made a three-state tour of Indian schools last week with Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan Jr., Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos was tearing a page from his predecessor's book. But the differences in style between the low-key academic and the contentious William J. Bennett were obvious.
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Cavazos Says Action on Holocaust Curriculum Was Unfair
Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos has told lawmakers that Education Department officials acted unfairly in denying funding for dissemination of a curriculum on the Holocaust.
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Cavazos Offers Little Help for Refugees, Florida State Chief Says After Meeting
Betty Castor, Florida's commissioner of education, was rebuffed last week in her attempt to secure Education Department funds to deal with a massive influx of Nicaraguan refugees.
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New Direction? Cavazos Talks to Union
Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos was scheduled to make his first appearance before a major education group last weekend in San Diego, where he was to address a National Education Association conference on education and the economy.
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Cavazos Opposed to Service-Tied Aid Plan, Automatic Cutoffs of High-Default Schools
Washington--Forthcoming rules aimed at curbing student-loan defaults will not include a provision automatically disqualifying institutions with poor student-repayment records from participation in the program, Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos said last week.
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Cavazos Budget Position Meets Skepticism on Capitol Hill
Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos faced hostile questioning on Capitol Hill last week from lawmakers who said the Bush Administration had not clearly stated its position on education funding.
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Cavazos Cautions Trade Schools Over Defaults
When Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos addressed the annual legislative conference of a major trade-school association here last week, he was greeted with a standing ovation.
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Cavazos Backs Holocaust-Study Rejection
Washington--Rebuffing an appeal by 66 members of the Congress, Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos has reaffirmed his department's decision not to fund dissemination of a controversial curriculum on the Holocaust.