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“He launched the juggernaut of education legislation that I think affects everybody all the way through their lives in America even today,” he said.
Nick Littlefield, a former staff director and chief counsel for Kennedy on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, described Kennedy as being “obsessed with school reform”.
Clayton Spencer, the Vice President for Policy at the University, worked with the senator on direct lending from the government to students in need. She said that the program saves the government money and enables more students to pursue higher education.
“It’s great that you have [schools like] Harvard... but it’s not so great if you can’t afford to go there,” she said. “Education has to be the engine of opportunities.?...
The other two panelists were Ellen Guiney and Danica Petroshius, who both worked closely with the senator on Goals 2000, a project focusing on standards-based education reform, and the No Child Left Behind Act, respectively.