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US secretary of education helps set national priorities in a system primarily funded and guided by local governments

  • Written by Dustin Hornbeck, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Memphis
imagePresident Jimmy Carter gets a round of applause in 1979 after signing legislation establishing a Department of Education.AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi

The Department of Education has been a source of political controversy since its creation in 1980 during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. President Ronald Reagan, who was first elected that year, called...

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