/terrel-h-bell Terrel H. Bell en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:10:37 GMT /policy-politics/terrel-h-bell-second-u-s-education-secretary-biography-and-achievements/2017/08 Background and highlights of Terrel H. Bell's tenure as the second U.S. Secretary of Education. Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:10:37 GMT /policy-politics/terrel-h-bell-second-u-s-education-secretary-biography-and-achievements/2017/08 /policy-politics/terrel-bell-known-for-defending-federal-role-in-education-dies/1996/07 Terrel Bell's school-improvement message elevated him from obscurity in the Reagan administration to one of its most unlikely stars. Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/terrel-bell-known-for-defending-federal-role-in-education-dies/1996/07 /policy-politics/opinion-the-charter-school-plus/1995/03 Former U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell writes about the charter school movement. Wed, 15 Mar 1995 15:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-the-charter-school-plus/1995/03 /policy-politics/bell-promotes-his-own-alternative-to-america-2000/1991/09 Terrel H. Bell thinks the Bush Administration's strategy for revitalizing American education focuses too narrowly on long-term planning. Wed, 04 Sep 1991 14:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/bell-promotes-his-own-alternative-to-america-2000/1991/09 /education/bell-challenges-u-s-to-put-learning-first/1988/02 Washington--Until Americans value academic achievement more than athletic prowess, education reform cannot succeed, former Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell warned at a Jan. 22 press conference here that included an appeal to the next President to lead the effort to create a "learning society." "We need a change in attitude and in the priorities of our people," Mr. Bell said. "We need to become more education-conscious and learning-oriented, and that's where I think our leaders can help us." Wed, 03 Feb 1988 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-challenges-u-s-to-put-learning-first/1988/02 /education/federal-file/1987/12 Former Secretaries of Education are not exactly white-hot properties in the product- endorsement arena, and you are not likely to see Terrel H. Bell behind the wheel of a Chevrolet in a television commercial any time soon. But Mr. Bell has made some connections with education-related businesses, and he has lent his likeness to Sylvan Learning Centers for advertisements that he says will run in several professional publications. Wed, 02 Dec 1987 15:00:00 GMT /education/federal-file/1987/12 /education/reporters-notebook-former-e-d-secretary-urges-more-federal-aid-for-brightest-children/1987/09 Former U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell, who presided over the dismantling of the federal office for gifted and talented education, urged here that a massive effort at the national level be undertaken to identify gifted students and provide services for them. Wed, 16 Sep 1987 14:00:00 GMT /education/reporters-notebook-former-e-d-secretary-urges-more-federal-aid-for-brightest-children/1987/09 /policy-politics/bell-bids-washington-farewell-will-return-to-utah-academe/1984/11 Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell ended months of speculation about his future by announcing he would resign his post effective Dec. 31. Wed, 14 Nov 1984 15:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/bell-bids-washington-farewell-will-return-to-utah-academe/1984/11 /education/federal-file-rumor-control-fly-me-to-the-moon-cont/1984/11 Will Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell submit his resignation shortly after this week's Presidential election? The New York Times says so, but a high ranking Education Department official says that according to the prevailing rumor at 400 Maryland Ave. S.W., the answer is "no." An item in the Times's "Washington Talk" column last Friday, citing unnamed Administration sources, reported that Mr. Bell will be among the first Cabinet members to step down following the election. The leading candidates to replace him, according to the Times's sources, are John R. Silber, the president of Boston University, and William J. Bennett, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Wed, 07 Nov 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/federal-file-rumor-control-fly-me-to-the-moon-cont/1984/11 /policy-politics/one-year-after-rising-tide-report-bell-sees-a-tidal-wave-of-reform/1984/05 President Reagan and Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell feted the first anniversary of the now-widely-cited "A Nation At Risk" report. Wed, 16 May 1984 14:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/one-year-after-rising-tide-report-bell-sees-a-tidal-wave-of-reform/1984/05 /education/federal-file-dumb-bell-forgotten-battle-commission-clampdown/1984/04 Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell told a group of state education officials in Washington last week that it was probably not smart of him to make reference to the "dumbing down" of American textbooks in a recent speech. Wed, 04 Apr 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/federal-file-dumb-bell-forgotten-battle-commission-clampdown/1984/04 /education/bell-backs-targeting-of-chapter-2-funds-to-needy/1984/03 Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell told a group of urban educators last week that he backs the concept of targeting Chapter 2 block grants to areas enrolling a disproportionate number of "high-cost" children, but that the Office of Management and Budget has blocked his efforts to do so. Wed, 28 Mar 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-backs-targeting-of-chapter-2-funds-to-needy/1984/03 /education/lawmakers-quiz-secretary-bell-on-proposed-chapter-2-budget-hike/1984/03 Hearings before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on the Education Department's proposed fiscal 1985 budget began last week with Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell restating the Administration's proposition that a significant increase in Chapter 2 education block grants is the best way to bolster the states' education-reform efforts. Wed, 21 Mar 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/lawmakers-quiz-secretary-bell-on-proposed-chapter-2-budget-hike/1984/03 /education/bell-urges-more-attention-to-role-of-home-in-schools-success/1984/03 Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell told a group of 250 education leaders last Tuesday that the importance of the home environment in achieving educational excellence has been "virtually ignored" in most of the discussion and debate about student achievement during the last year. Wed, 14 Mar 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-urges-more-attention-to-role-of-home-in-schools-success/1984/03 /education/bell-proposes-rules-for-states-seeking-bonds-to-back-loans/1984/02 Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell has proposed new rules to govern requests from states seeking federal approval to issue tax-exempt bonds to finance student loans. Wed, 29 Feb 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-proposes-rules-for-states-seeking-bonds-to-back-loans/1984/02 /education/bell-asks-librarians-to-join-quest-for-excellence/1984/01 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. Wed, 25 Jan 1984 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-asks-librarians-to-join-quest-for-excellence/1984/01 /education/bell-urges-continued-support-of-tax-credit-bill/1983/11 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. Wed, 02 Nov 1983 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-urges-continued-support-of-tax-credit-bill/1983/11 /education/bell-schedules-e-d-s-summit-congress-considers-another/1983/10 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. Wed, 19 Oct 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-schedules-e-d-s-summit-congress-considers-another/1983/10 /education/bell-asks-boards-for-increase-in-leadership/1983/10 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. Wed, 12 Oct 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-asks-boards-for-increase-in-leadership/1983/10 /education/bell-backs-federal-software-initiative/1983/10 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. Wed, 05 Oct 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-backs-federal-software-initiative/1983/10 /education/bell-summit-meeting-cannot-wait/1983/09 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. Wed, 28 Sep 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-summit-meeting-cannot-wait/1983/09 /education/bell-to-convene-national-forumon-education/1983/08 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." Wed, 31 Aug 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-to-convene-national-forumon-education/1983/08 /education/bell-house-education-panel-debate-vocational-ed-change/1983/05 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. Wed, 25 May 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-house-education-panel-debate-vocational-ed-change/1983/05 /education/secretary-bell-calls-on-states-to-carry-out-education-reforms/1983/05 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. Wed, 25 May 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/secretary-bell-calls-on-states-to-carry-out-education-reforms/1983/05 /education/bell-favors-church-groups-school-use/1983/05 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. Wed, 04 May 1983 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-favors-church-groups-school-use/1983/05 /education/bell-declares-end-of-the-me-decade-in-education/1982/11 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. Wed, 17 Nov 1982 15:00:00 GMT /education/bell-declares-end-of-the-me-decade-in-education/1982/11 /education/terrel-bell-says-e-d-must-promote/1982/06 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." Wed, 23 Jun 1982 14:00:00 GMT /education/terrel-bell-says-e-d-must-promote/1982/06 /education/bell-defends-the-use-of-1970-census-data-in-title-i-allocation/1982/06 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. Wed, 02 Jun 1982 14:00:00 GMT /education/bell-defends-the-use-of-1970-census-data-in-title-i-allocation/1982/06 /education/secretary-bell-defends-tax-credit-plan-citing-public-good/1982/04 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. Wed, 21 Apr 1982 15:00:00 GMT /education/secretary-bell-defends-tax-credit-plan-citing-public-good/1982/04 /policy-politics/secretary-bells-enthusiasm-not-shared-by-critics-of-cuts/1982/02 Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell recently unveiled a fiscal 1983 budget that would cut federal aid to education by one-third. Wed, 17 Feb 1982 15:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/secretary-bells-enthusiasm-not-shared-by-critics-of-cuts/1982/02