/william-j-bennett William J. Bennett en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:12:37 GMT /policy-politics/william-j-bennett-third-u-s-education-secretary-biography-and-achievements/2017/08 Background and highlights of William J. Bennett's tenure as the third U.S. Secretary of Education. Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:12:37 GMT /policy-politics/william-j-bennett-third-u-s-education-secretary-biography-and-achievements/2017/08 /policy-politics/ex-education-secretary-william-j-bennett-urges-gop-to-seize-the-day-on-essa/2016/07 A new education policy group led by the former secretary wants to ensure that state Republican lawmakers stick to conservative principles as they implement the Every Student Succeeds Act. Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:03:59 GMT /policy-politics/ex-education-secretary-william-j-bennett-urges-gop-to-seize-the-day-on-essa/2016/07 /leadership/bennett-quits-k12-inc-under-fire/2005/10 Former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett abruptly resigned last week from the education company K12 Inc. after his racially charged remarks on abortion and crime sparked a firestorm of criticism. Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:35:00 GMT /leadership/bennett-quits-k12-inc-under-fire/2005/10 /education/countering-william-j-bennett/1995/10 In testimony before the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee in January, former National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman William J. Bennett insulted the intelligence of teachers in the schools and especially participants in such neh programs as the Summer Seminar for School Teachers. Mr. Bennett testified that works studied in the program were being "Marxized, feminized, deconstructed, and politicized." Wed, 11 Oct 1995 14:00:00 GMT /education/countering-william-j-bennett/1995/10 /education/advice-from-bennett-and-alexander-consolidate/1994/11 The House Republican leadership has turned to two former secretaries of education for advice. Wed, 23 Nov 1994 15:00:00 GMT /education/advice-from-bennett-and-alexander-consolidate/1994/11 /education/bennett-to-resign-drug-czar-post/1990/11 William J. Bennett, the combative and controversial former Secretary of Education, announced last week that he was resigning his position as the federal government's first drug-policy director. Wed, 14 Nov 1990 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-to-resign-drug-czar-post/1990/11 /education/cavazos-bennett-and-bell-first-steps/1989/06 Following is a summary of the early initiatives of Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos and his two Reagan Administration predecessors. A well-received package of regulatory, legislative, and administrative measures designed to reduce student-loan defaults. Wed, 21 Jun 1989 14:00:00 GMT /education/cavazos-bennett-and-bell-first-steps/1989/06 /education/bennett-names-members-of-naep-board/1988/09 The 23 members of the new and more powerful governing board of the revamped National Assessment of Education Progress were appointed by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett last week. Wed, 21 Sep 1988 14:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-names-members-of-naep-board/1988/09 /education/bennett-bloom-will-create-education-research-center/1988/09 Secretary of Education William J. Bennett plans to team up with Allan Bloom, the University of Chicago scholar, to form a research center to study liberal-arts education and other public-Education Department officials said last week. Wed, 21 Sep 1988 14:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-bloom-will-create-education-research-center/1988/09 /education/dukakis-versus-bennett-sort-of/1988/09 Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts last week made a Presidential campaign swing through California speaking on education issues, but in his major speech generally avoided committing himself to any specific proposals for improving schools. Wed, 07 Sep 1988 14:00:00 GMT /education/dukakis-versus-bennett-sort-of/1988/09 /education/bennett-says-no-to-legal-drug-use/1988/06 Secretary of Education William J. Bennett last week criticized recent calls for the legalization of drug use as a dangerous threat to anti-abuse efforts. Wed, 01 Jun 1988 14:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-says-no-to-legal-drug-use/1988/06 /education/bennett-senators-joust-on-commitment/1988/05 Secretary of Education William J. Bennett appeared last week before a Senate Appropriations panel to answer questions about the Administration's 1989 budget request for education. Instead, he was forced to defend controversial spending cuts proposed in previous years. Wed, 18 May 1988 14:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-senators-joust-on-commitment/1988/05 /education/on-the-road-again-travels-with-bennett/1988/04 Staff Writer Julie Miller hit the road to cover Secretary Bennett's activities on recent trips to California and Florida. Following is her account: Thursday, 8 p.m.; the Mariott Crocker Center Hotel, Wed, 13 Apr 1988 14:00:00 GMT /education/on-the-road-again-travels-with-bennett/1988/04 /education/bennett-decries-stultifying-laws/1988/02 "Omnipresent, stultifying" legal restrictions hinder talented educators and allow poor ones to make excuses for their performance, Secretary of Education William J. Bennett charges in a speech prepared for delivery late last week before the American Bar Association. Wed, 10 Feb 1988 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-decries-stultifying-laws/1988/02 /education/bennett-announces-panel-appointments/1988/02 Advisory Council on Education Statistics: Margaret C. Broad, executive director and chief executive officer, Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix; Ellis B. Page, professor of educational psychology and research, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; and Ray Turner, assistant superintendent for educational accountability, Dade County Public 69´«Ă˝, Miami. Wed, 10 Feb 1988 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-announces-panel-appointments/1988/02 /education/bennett-defends-his-stance-on-aids/1987/11 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. Wed, 25 Nov 1987 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-defends-his-stance-on-aids/1987/11 /education/bennett-addresses-a-message-to-managua/1987/09 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. Wed, 23 Sep 1987 14:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-addresses-a-message-to-managua/1987/09 /education/bennetts-chapter-1-proposal-criticized/1987/03 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. Wed, 18 Mar 1987 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennetts-chapter-1-proposal-criticized/1987/03 /education/bennett-test-gains-at-dead-stall/1987/03 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." Mon, 02 Mar 1987 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-test-gains-at-dead-stall/1987/03 /education/bennett-minorities-can-meet-higher-goals/1987/01 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. Tue, 27 Jan 1987 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-minorities-can-meet-higher-goals/1987/01 /education/bennett-praises-religion-but-raps-sectarianism/1986/09 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." Wed, 24 Sep 1986 21:26:35 GMT /education/bennett-praises-religion-but-raps-sectarianism/1986/09 /education/excerpts-from-bennetts-first-lessons/1986/09 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. Wed, 10 Sep 1986 23:43:47 GMT /education/excerpts-from-bennetts-first-lessons/1986/09 /education/bennett-school-clinics-lesson-wrong/1986/04 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." Wed, 23 Apr 1986 23:38:20 GMT /education/bennett-school-clinics-lesson-wrong/1986/04 /education/bennett-overruled-reviewers-of-grants/1986/04 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. Thu, 17 Apr 1986 01:12:55 GMT /education/bennett-overruled-reviewers-of-grants/1986/04 /education/bennett-lauds-catholic-schools/1986/04 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 69´«Ă˝ in American Cities." Thu, 10 Apr 1986 01:02:55 GMT /education/bennett-lauds-catholic-schools/1986/04 /education/bennett-defends-what-works/1986/03 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." Wed, 19 Mar 1986 22:25:21 GMT /education/bennett-defends-what-works/1986/03 /education/bennett-proposes-bilingual-legislation/1986/03 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. Wed, 12 Mar 1986 21:57:20 GMT /education/bennett-proposes-bilingual-legislation/1986/03 /education/bennett-declares-war-on-drugs-in-school/1986/03 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. Wed, 05 Mar 1986 22:17:37 GMT /education/bennett-declares-war-on-drugs-in-school/1986/03 /education/bennett-rebukes-unions-for-hindering-reforms/1986/01 Secretary of Education William J. Bennett has delivered a surprisingly harsh indictment of the nation's two main teachers' unions. Wed, 22 Jan 1986 19:50:00 GMT /education/bennett-rebukes-unions-for-hindering-reforms/1986/01 /education/bennett-seeks-education-success-stories/1985/12 Secretary of Education William J. Bennett wants to hear some of education's extraordinary success stories. Wed, 18 Dec 1985 15:00:00 GMT /education/bennett-seeks-education-success-stories/1985/12