Word: bennetts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...once listed in a magazine as the 20th most powerful American outside of government, is a leading advocate for higher education in the country and often clashed with former Secretary of Education William Bennett...
...Carnegie proposals is that they will require a corps of instructors specialized in teaching early adolescents. But only 23 states offer a credential for teaching in the middle grades. Those on the front lines "will need help and training," says Chester Finn, former Assistant Secretary of Education under William Bennett. "It's not everyone who can teach a 14-year...
...think students would benefit from a real core curriculum--i.e., a set of fundamental courses, ordered, purposive, coherent," Bennett said. "I cannot discern such a core curriculum here...
Speaking at Harvard as part of the College's 350th anniversary celebration in 1986, Bennett said that an undergraduate academic program should provide students with a structured curriculum that would familiarize them with major topics in Western culture...
...Core philosophy has drawn harsh criticism from the academic right, including former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, who has tagged the program "Core lite...