Ronald Reagan
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Year One Check-In: What's Trump Done on K-12 Compared to Other Presidents?
When it comes to legislative victories and policy accomplishments, President Donald Trump doesn't seem to have gotten as much accomplished on K-12 as his recent predecessors.
Education
Opinion
How Reagan's Ghost Can Help Tear Down Our Cages
Education must protect and prepare everyone鈥攁nd we must keep costs under control. This is where the ghost of Ronald Reagan should inform our education policy.
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Reagan鈥檚 Legacy: A Nation at Risk, Boost for Choice
A charismatic icon of conservatism who argued against big government, former President Ronald W. Reagan left an education legacy marked by his advocacy of vouchers and school prayer and by his hopes of keeping federal control over classrooms from growing.
Education
鈥榃e Mourn Seven Heroes鈥�
Following is the transcript of President Reagan's Jan. 28 statement to the nation on the shuttle crash, as recorded by The New York Times.
Education
Reagan Praises Teachers and Incentive Pay
In a speech at Oakton High School here last week, President Reagan touted the Fairfax County, Va., school system's incentive-based efforts to professionalize teaching and encouraged students to consider entering the field.
Education
President Vetoes Rights-Restoration Bill; Override Likely
President Reagan refused to sign the proposed civil rights restoration act last week, and the Congress quickly set the wheels in motion for an override of his veto.
Education
Reagan Sends Congress List For Cutting Budget's 'Pork'
President Reagan, who has often said he covets the line-item-veto authority enjoyed by most state governors, has given the Congress a taste of how he would use that power.
Education
1988 State of the Union Message: Praise for 'Imaginative Reforms'
Following are President Reagan's remarks on education in the Jan. 25 State of the Union Message: 
Education
Reagan Directs E.D. To Develop Model Voucher Bill for States
In his annual legislative message to the Congress last week, President Reagan said the Administration would continue to promote parental choice in education by offering states model legislation on Chapter 1 vouchers and seeking a funding hike for the federal magnet-schools program.
Education
Reagan Applauds Choice, Prayer
In a speech before a group of high-school seniors and their parents in Florida last week, President Reagan reiterated his call for "choice in education," saying parents should be allowed their choice of schools and children their choice to pray.
Education
Opinion
Rhetoric and Symbolic Politics: President Reagan's School-Reform Agenda
At the turn of this century, the United States became
the first Western nation to recognize the need for
a separate educational unit between elementary
school and high school.
Education
President Reagan's School-Reform Agenda
Since 1983, American public schools have been experiencing the most sustained and far-reaching reform effort in modern times. This national effort to improve school performance, in pursuit of excellence and economic growth, was galvanized by leadership from the Reagan Administration. Yet, unlike previous administrations, this one mobilized reform with a minimum of federal expenditures and no direct intervention into state and local educational affairs.
Education
Reagan To Seek Hike In Magnet-School Aid
Suitland, Md--In a speech to a predominantly black student audience at a magnet high school here last week, President Reagan announced that he would seek a substantial increase in funding for the federal magnet-schools program.
Education
President Salutes Young Heroes
President Reagan focused not only upon the family as the nation's "moral core" but on children themselves in his annual State of the Union address last week.