Ronald Reagan on School Choice

Targeted Dept. of Education to be abolished, but failed

The great social concerns of education and public health became back-burner issues for the Reagan administration. Reagan’s anti-government vision had no room for a federal Department of Education, which he had pledged to abolish if elected president. It was one of his silliest promises, and no serious attempt was bad to keep it Source: The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon, p. 813 Jul 2, 1991

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