Happy 40th Birthday, Department of Education

[The Patriot]

The poster on the office wall is faded, but not so our memories of the day it commemorated or the struggle to make it happen. Monday, May 4, 2020, marks the 40th anniversary of the official opening of the Cabinet-level U.S. Department of Education. It was a historic day in the history of public education in America to be sure, but it was also a special day for us personally as we, working for President Carter, had both been intimately involved in crafting and passing the legislation that created the department."The time has passed when the federal government can afford to give second-level,...

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