November 9, 1981
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WASHINGTON--The Education Department would be stripped of its
Cabinet-level status and most of its functions, and be reduced to a
small education-assistance agency under a bill scheduled to be
introduced in the Senate late last week by Dan Quayle, Republican of
Indiana.
PAGE 17 - Commentary
Public-school leaders today are somewhat
like an heir receiving a handsome
legacy from a distant relative,
who neglected to include in the will
instructions for maintaining the bequest.
PAGE 23 - Commentary
From Jan. 7 to June 25, Joseph M. Rice, an educator, visited the school systems of many of our large cities. He had recently studied at two universities renowned for their training in education, and now he wanted to study the effectiveness of our country's educational practices.
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