Past Chief's Tenure Offers a Sober Lesson for Civil-Rights Office
WASHINGTON--As they lay plans for the Education Department's office for civil rights, officials of the incoming Clinton Administration may find some instructive lessons in the stormy 2 1/2-year tenure of Michael L. Williams.
Mr. Williams took the helm of the nearly moribund office in the summer of 1990 with a vow to turn it into an effective enforcement agency.
Soon after being named the assistant secretary of education for civil rights, he laid out an ambitious agenda on such issues as ability grouping, racial harassment, and the...
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