The Dept. of Education
No, I remember Jimmy Carter and the Dept of Education. I wondered why we needed a whole department when we had Health and Human Services, or Health Education & Welfare, as it was called until 1980.
It made no sense to me at the time. Education was a local affair, overseen by the states. I think the idea was to equal things up among the states, but you can't do that without the authority, and the Dept of Education still has none to speak of.
I remember when Bill Bennett was Secretary of Education, too. That made no sense to me either. But maybe, having gone to Catholic schools, I'd already been scolded enough.
Regards--
Mary Anne