Word: allowing
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...than sit and listen to people read statements." Cavazos is also handicapped by his lack of familiarity with elementary- and secondary- education issues. In April, for example, he incorrectly told reporters that Minnesota provides transportation across district lines as part of its "choice" plan, which will soon allow parents to select schools for their children anywhere in the state...
...Secretary is also hampered by Bush's lackluster leadership. So far, the White House has filled only four of the top 13 Education Department positions. Nor has Bush shown much generosity in funding: his $22.3 billion education budget for 1990 does not allow for inflation, effectively eroding future buying power. Says former U.S. Commissioner of Education Harold Howe: "That was a signal that Bush was going to look like the education President...
...minority group that Bush is eager to court politically. The Secretary, moreover, is anything but shy when it comes to protecting his turf. When John Chubb, an education expert from the Brookings Institution, made it known that he was in line for a White House post that would allow him to serve as a "counterpoint to the Education Department," Cavazos persuaded White House chief of staff John Sununu to quash the appointment. The country would be better served if Cavazos applied that kind of assertiveness to doing his job, not just keeping...
...must admit there was also fear on my behalf that my liberal colleagues would allow me to write anything I wished. My fear was they would be either (a) gung-ho for something controversial to be in the newspaper or (b) gun-shy at being labeled racist for possibly censoring a Black...
...Sometimes that's challenged because people claim that they want to confront the witnesses and ask them questions, and that doesn't allow them to do that," said Golon...