The Nation - News from Oct. 2, 1989
Education Secretary Lauro F. Cavazos praised parental choice as the cornerstone to rebuilding America’s schools but said some restrictions on student transfers may be necessary to prevent segregation. In an interview on ABC-TV’s “This Week With David Brinkley,” Cavazos said he has been pushing all along the same school reform ideas that President Bush and U.S. governors agreed upon at last week’s summit. The summit unanimously supported efforts to give parents more say in choosing which school their child attends, instead of assigning them strictly by neighborhood lines. Cavazos said Minnesota and Arkansas have not had segregation problems with their statewide choice plans.
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