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Cuts Will Do Long-Term Damage, Former Secretary Hufstedler Says

By Eileen White 鈥 May 05, 1982 1 min read
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Former U.S. Secretary of Education Shirley M. Hufstedler warned last week that 鈥渢he budget struggles on the Potomac right now will have very serious consequences for every aspect of the American educational systems not only in this decade, but well into the next century.鈥

鈥淭o give $1.6 trillion to the military, appropriations for the federal education programs are being systematically stripped,鈥 Ms. Hufstedler said in an address at Stanford University, where she is a visiting professor of law. 鈥淪avage cuts were taken last year in programs designed to help school districts meet the needs of the most disadvantaged youngsters in the country.鈥

鈥淭he most acute military need is not hardware, it is human resources,鈥 she said.

Ms. Hufstedler, who was the first secretary appointed to the Cabinet-level department established during the Carter Administration, claimed that the Reagan Administration is 鈥渁bandoning鈥 minority children--who, she said, will make up 75 percent of 鈥渁ll the children who will reach age 18 by 1999.鈥

鈥淭hese are the same children who must overwhelmingly provide the personnel for the armed forces, the labor force whose work must support an aging America.鈥 The budget cuts in education programs will result in 鈥渦nemployment, welfare dependency, and crime,鈥 she said.

Ms. Hufstedler also suggested it was unwise to cut funding for American education at the same time that 鈥渢he investment in education鈥 in the U.S.S.R. is increasing. 鈥淲e have an acute shortage of secondary-school teachers qualified to teach mathematics, science, computer technology, and languages,鈥 she said. 鈥淎bout 100,000 students in the secondary schools in the United States now receive calculus in high school. All students attending high school in the U.S.S.R. now receive three full years of mathematics before graduation.鈥

She urged the audience not to wring their hands, but to 鈥渞ing doorbells鈥 to urge a reversal of the Administration鈥檚 reductions in education programs.

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