Reporter's Notebook
A close observer of the Republican National Convention with an interest in education policy and a long memory might have recognized a familiar name from the administration of former President George H.W. Bush.
Michael L. Williams, a delegate and state officeholder from Texas, served as an assistant secretary of the convention, and he had a role in introducing the current President Bush on Sept. 2.
During the earlier Bush administration, Mr. Williams served as the assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education. He drew attention for his role in a major flap over race-based scholarships that quickly reached the White House. Mr. Williams is one of several black conservatives who have held the Education Department's civil rights post during Republican administrations. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, for instance, held the job briefly during President...
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