WILLIAM BENNETT, LAMAR ALEXANDER: We both ran the Education Dept. and there are 3 key things to do without it
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William Bennett and Lamar Alexander ran the Education Department under two separate presidents. Key things that need to continue include The Nation's Report Card and civil rights protection.
That agency does three things that matter — all of which need overhauling but all of which are far too important to discard. Let’s not throw these babies out with the bathwater. William J. Bennett is the former secretary of education and director of the National Office of Drug Control Policy.
Demoting it, perhaps integrating some functions into other departments, taking the sign off the door — any such move would need Congress’s assent but wouldn’t harm today’s kids or the nation’s future. We say this as former education secretaries — one for President Ronald Reagan and the other for President George H.W. Bush.
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William Bennett and Lamar Alexander ran the Education Department under two separate presidents. Key things that need to continue include The Nation's Report Card and civil rights protection.
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