Terrel H. Bell
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Terrel H. Bell, Second U.S. Education Secretary: Biography and Achievements
Background and highlights of Terrel H. Bell's tenure as the second U.S. Secretary of Education.
Education
Bell Asks Librarians To Join Quest for Excellence
In an address before representatives of the nation's libraries last week, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell announced that the Education Department will sponsor a series of seminars to examine, in light of the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, the roles libraries can play in fostering educational excellence.
Education
Bell Urges Continued Support of Tax-Credit Bill
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell last week advised a group of private-school officials not to seek substantive changes in the Reagan Administration's tuition-tax-credit proposal.
Education
Bell Schedules E.D.'s Summit; Congress Considers Another
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell has decided to convene his proposed "national forum" on education in Indianapolis in early December, the Education Department announced last week.
Education
Bell Asks Boards For Increase In Leadership
In a speech to Hispanic school-board members here this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell criticized the nation's school boards for paying too little attention to instructional issues and called on them to take a leadership role in upgrading educational standards.
Education
Bell Backs Federal Software Initiative
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell last week called for a "Manhattan Project" to develop computer software for schools, but he stopped short of saying how much money the federal government should devote to the effort or what form it should take.
Education
Bell: Summit Meeting Cannot Wait
Last week, as a House subcommittee was hearing testimony on a proposal to convene a "summit" conference on education, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell said here that the matter cannot wait for Congressional action.
Education
Bell To Convene National Forum On Education
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell announced last week that he will sponsor a major two-day conference of the nation's educational leaders "to share ideas about how we can best work together to strengthen American education."
Education
Bell, House Education Panel Debate Vocational-Ed. Change
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell appeared before a House education panel last week to urge legislators to enact the Reagan Administration's proposal to consolidate existing federal vocational- and adult-education programs into a new state block-grant program.
Education
Secretary Bell Calls On States To Carry Out Education Reforms
At the first of a series of forums on the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell challenged state governors, legislators, and local school boards to develop "master plans" to bring about the improvements called for in the report, which documented the deteriorating condition of American education.
Education
Bell Favors Church Groups' School Use
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell last week gave strong Administration support to the concept of "equal-access" legislation that would permit voluntary religious activity on public-school property.
Education
Bell Declares End of the 'Me Decade' in Education
Citing "tentative, positive" evidence of a trend toward improvement in the nation's education system, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell praised the "increasing seriousness in schools and on campuses concerning the importance of getting as good an education as possible," in a speech prepared to commemorate the start of this year's American Education Week.
Education
Terrel Bell Says E.D. Must Promote
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell told educators meeting at the National Diffusion Network's (ndn) annual conference here last week that the federal government cannot afford to promote programs that delve into the "affective domain" of students at a time when improving academic achievement has never been "more critical to our future."
Education
Bell Defends the Use Of 1970 Census Data In Title I Allocation
Acknowledging that he "would be taken to court" by several states because of a decision to use 12-year-old census data in allocating Title I funds for the coming school year, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell nevertheless defended the decision at a news conference here last week.
Education
Secretary Bell Defends Tax-Credit Plan, Citing 'Public Good'
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell defended the Reagan Administration's proposal to grant federal tuition tax credits in a hearing last week before a Senate subcommittee.