First Lessons: A Report on Elementary Education in America

by William J. Bennett

Prepared by the former U.S. Secretary of Education & the Elementary Education Study Group. children, parents & the community of adults; our elementary They teach us wonderful things (reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, the arts, foreign languages, health & physical education, computers, libraries): elementary school professionals; school policy (standards, resources, discipline, drugs, class size, kindergarten, the gifted child, textbooks, language-minority children); & in the schools. Extensive bibliography.

83 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1986

About the author

William J. "Bill" Bennett is a politician and author who served in the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, as chief of National Endowment for the Humanities and later Secretary of Education under Reagan, and Drug Czar under Bush. He is a nationally well-known figure of political and social conservatism and authored many books on politics, ethics, and international relations.