Shirley Hufstedler /shirley-hufstedler Shirley Hufstedler en-US 2021 (c) °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:08:18 GMT Shirley Hufstedler, First U.S. Education Secretary: Biography and Achievements /policy-politics/shirley-hufstedler-first-u-s-education-secretary-biography-and-achievements/2017/08 Shirley Hufstedler was the first U.S. Secretary of Education, serving under President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981. Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:08:18 GMT /policy-politics/shirley-hufstedler-first-u-s-education-secretary-biography-and-achievements/2017/08 Three Ex-Education Secretaries Have Schools Named for Them. Could It Happen for Betsy DeVos? /policy-politics/three-ex-education-secretaries-have-schools-named-for-them-could-it-happen-for-betsy-devos/2017/07 Three former U.S. education secretaries have K-12 schools named for them. Could the current secretary, Betsy DeVos, ever join the club? Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:35:54 GMT /policy-politics/three-ex-education-secretaries-have-schools-named-for-them-could-it-happen-for-betsy-devos/2017/07 First-Ever Education Secretary Had a Groundbreaking Tenure at the Department /policy-politics/first-ever-education-secretary-had-a-groundbreaking-tenure-at-the-department/2016/04 Shirley M. Hufstedler, who died March 30 at age 90, put her stamp on the new agency at a turbulent time during the Carter administration. Sat, 02 Apr 2016 01:29:14 GMT /policy-politics/first-ever-education-secretary-had-a-groundbreaking-tenure-at-the-department/2016/04 Shirley M. Hufstedler, First U.S. Secretary of Education, Dies at Age 90 /policy-politics/shirley-m-hufstedler-first-u-s-secretary-of-education-dies-at-age-90/2016/03 Appointed as the nation's first secretary of education in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter, she previously had been a federal appeals court judge and a California appeals court judge. Wed, 30 Mar 2016 22:19:12 GMT /policy-politics/shirley-m-hufstedler-first-u-s-secretary-of-education-dies-at-age-90/2016/03 Standards Issue Puts Ex-Education Secretaries at Odds /education/standards-issue-puts-ex-education-secretaries-at-odds/1993/01 All five former U.S. Secretaries of Education, meeting in a forum last month in Atlanta, agreed that it is important to hold students to high standards. Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:00:00 GMT /education/standards-issue-puts-ex-education-secretaries-at-odds/1993/01 Ex-Education Secretaries Lament Issue's Low Priority in Campaign /education/ex-education-secretaries-lament-issues-low-priority-in-campaign/1992/11 The four former secretaries of education convened here just nine days before this week's election for a panel discussion that was dominated by talk of politics, the federal role in education, and President Bush's America 2000 education reform strategy. Wed, 04 Nov 1992 15:00:00 GMT /education/ex-education-secretaries-lament-issues-low-priority-in-campaign/1992/11 Four Former Secretaries Each Put Own Spin on What Ails Schools /education/four-former-secretaries-each-put-own-spin-on-what-ails-schools/1991/11 The four former secretaries of education who met here for an unprecedented panel discussion earlier this month may have occupied the same office, but they took from it divergent views on what ails the U.S. education system. Wed, 20 Nov 1991 15:00:00 GMT /education/four-former-secretaries-each-put-own-spin-on-what-ails-schools/1991/11 Cuts Will Do Long-Term Damage, Former Secretary Hufstedler Says /education/cuts-will-do-long-term-damage-former-secretary-hufstedler-says/1982/05 Former U.S. Secretary of Education Shirley M. Hufstedler warned last week that "the 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. Wed, 05 May 1982 14:00:00 GMT /education/cuts-will-do-long-term-damage-former-secretary-hufstedler-says/1982/05