Ronald Reagan The Architect of America's Educational Renaissance

Throwback Thursday to President Reagan's remarks on the state of American education. He had a vision for how we can build a better future ... Reagan was unmoved. Ronald Reagan left California public education worse than he found it. A system that had been the envy of the nation when he was elected. A campaign promise of the president-elect is to end the U.S. Department of Education ... Though President Ronald Reagan proposed eliminating the ... There, he played on the football team and acted in school plays. Upon graduation, he became a radio sports announcer. A screen test in 1937 won him a contract ... “Through his rhetoric Reagan legitimized and raised in the public consciousness educational ideas that languished in previous administrations. Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, and attended high school in Dixon, Illinois, where he acted in school plays and served as president of the student body. In 1928, Ronald graduated from Dixon High School, where he was an athlete and student body president and performed in school plays. During ... Ronald Wilson Reagan High School 3750 Transou Rd. Pfafftown, North Carolina 27040 336-703-6776 Fax: 336-701-6603 Eliminating the Department of Education has been a Republican dream since President Ronald Reagan expressed the same wish nearly a ... This national effort to improve school performance, in pursuit of excellence and economic growth, was galvanized by leadership from the Reagan Administration.