21.   Bush was introduced by William Bennett, former education secretary in the Reagan administration and national drug czar in the Bush administration.

22.   But as the White House rolled out its blueprint for education, it was presidential advisers who briefed the news media and Congress, not the education secretary.

23.   But Bell, the former education secretary, fears that eliminating the department would give states too much latitude in an area that they have yet to prove themselves.

24.   Democrats recently gave an especially warm welcome to Roderick Paige, the soon-to-be education secretary.

25.   For education secretary, who could be more reassuring these troubled days than a Gabe Kotter who knew how to inspire even the unteachable?

26.   He was accompanied by his choice for education secretary, Houston School Superintendent Rod Paige, a respected black conservative.

27.   He was budget and education secretary under Salinas, but party insiders saw him as an untested bureaucrat with few leadership skills.

28.   He served as education secretary, but he now calls for scrapping the department.

29.   If Gore emerged as the ultimate winner, and he named a Republican education secretary, would that secretary be permitted to experiment with school vouchers?

30.   In addition to himself, the former education secretary mentioned Gramm and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.