William J. Bennett
Read our coverage of the third U.S. Secretary of Education, who served under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1988
William J. Bennett, Third U.S. Education Secretary: Biography and Achievements
Background and highlights of William J. Bennett's tenure as the third U.S. Secretary of Education.
Education
Bennett Defends His Stance on AIDS
At a conference on aids held here last week, Secretary of Education William J. Bennett contended that his views supporting widespread testing for the disease and education programs that emphasize the virtue of sexual abstinence are becoming more widely accepted.
Education
Bennett Addresses a Message To Managua
Last Thursday, while Americans celebrated the 200th birthday of the Constitution, Secretary of Education William J. Bennett was winging his way south to deliver the Constitution's--and the Administration's--"message" about freedom in Nicaragua.
Education
Bennett's Chapter 1 Proposal Criticized
House Democrats last week accused Secretary of Education William J. Bennett of attempting to limit the cost of the Chapter 1 program by portraying it as a "poverty program'' that should concentrate on the neediest students.
Education
Bennett: Test Gains at 'Dead Stall'
Secretary of Education William J. Bennett last week pronounced the state of progress in student test scores "a dead stall," and said that record spending on education has "not yet given the results our children deserve."
Education
Bennett: Minorities Can Meet Higher Goals
At an event commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., Secretary of Education William J. Bennett said last week that educators can honor the slain civil-rights leader's dream by raising their expectations for poor and minority children.
Education
Bennett Praises Religion, But Raps Sectarianism
Secretary of Education William J.
Bennett last week called for a reaffirmation
of "religious values ... in
public life," while simultaneously
attacking the "invidious sectarianism"
of fundamentalists "who claim
that their religious faith gives them
a monopoly on political truth."
Education
Excerpts From Bennett's 'First Lessons'
Within the next decade almost 50 I
million children will pass through
the doors of America's elementary
schools. This year alone, in 80,000
elementary schools across the United
States, 31 million boys and girls '
will be taught by 1.45 million teachers.
By the middle of the 1990's, enrollments
will nearly equal those of
the "baby boom" years following
World Warn.
Education
Bennett: School Clinics' 'Lesson' Wrong
U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett has charged that
school-based health clinics that dispense birth-control information and
contraceptives "legitimate" undesirable sexual behavior and encourage
students who "do not have sexual intimacy on their minds to have it on
their minds."
Education
Bennett Overruled Reviewers of Grants
Proposals for at least 15 of the 34 discretionary grants recently awarded by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett were rated lower than some of the eventual losers by peer-review panels, it was disclosed last week.
Education
Bennett Lauds Catholic Schools
Following are excerpts from u.s. Secretary of Education William J.
Bennett's speech last week to the convention of the National Catholic Educational Association in Anaheim,
Calif. It was entitled, "Rocks of Constancy: Catholic Schools in American Cities."
Education
Bennett Defends 'What Works'
Secretary of Education William J. Bennett last week responded to critics of the Reagan Administration's new research synthesis, "What Works," asserting that such "snipers" are out of touch with "your average Joe."
Education
Bennett Proposes Bilingual Legislation
Seeking to promote alternatives to transitional bilingual education, the Reagan Administration has asked the Congress to lift the current limit on funding for English-only methods of instructing language-minority children.
Education
Bennett Declares War on Drugs in School
Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, announcing an initiative to help counter drug abuse among students, has urged the states to consider "all law-enforcement methods"—including use of the National Guard—as potential weapons against drugs in the nation's schools.
Education
Bennett Rebukes Unions For Hindering Reforms
Secretary of Education William J. Bennett has delivered a surprisingly harsh indictment of the nation's two main teachers' unions.