Word: nationale
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One of these reasonable men is Ylvisaker. "As I weigh it," he says, "my scale tips the other direction." The dean says that in order to determine national educational policies, one must add up the views of the Director of the National Institute for Education, the Commissioner of Education (who...
Although most of the issues in national education that effect Harvard will remain outside the jurisdiction of any Department of Education, the opinions of those in Cambridge are a microcosm of the national debate on the issue. Harvard, primarily because of President Bok's opinions, has officially opposed the formation...
Those on the national scene who support the legislation echo Ylvisaker's call for increased coordination and coherence in educational policy. Elizabeth Abramowitz, the White House's chief lobbyist for the proposal, says educational decision-makers are buried in bureaucracy. "It may sound trivial on the face of it," Abramowitz...
Stephen K. Bailey, professor Education and Social Policy and president of the National Academy of Education, says he has been devoted to the notion of a separate Department of Education for more than 10 years. "HEW suffers from elephantitis," says Bailey. "Enormous budgets and resources end up going to the...
Proponents of the bill insist education is an issue vital enough to the national interest to merit the status and visibility that a Cabinet-level position implies. Because there is no one person who speaks for education--and consequently no one person to blame for national educational failures--supporters argue...