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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-008-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate education needs in the United States and comment on an upcoming education summit between President George H. W. Bush and the nation's governors. The episode aired on Wednesday, September 27, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate proposed legislation to address problems with education and graduation rates for college student athletes. The episode aired on Friday, September 22, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-004-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the condition of the nation's scientific research facilities and the cuts in federal funding to support college and university research facilities. The episode aired on Friday, July 14, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate funding levels for American education programs and approaches to improving the quality of education. The episode aired on Thursday, July 6, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-003-014
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate reform initiatives proposed by Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos to deal with college loan payment defaults. The episode aired on Monday, June 19, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-003-011
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate early education for preschool children and an initiative called the "Smart Start" program. The episode aired on Wednesday, June 14, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-002-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the Bush administration's alternative teacher certification program that provides grants to states and local school districts to develop new teacher certification systems and improve the supply of teachers. The episode aired on Monday, May 29, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the findings of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report on a decline in the American standard of living and related problems with U.S. industry, competitiveness in the world, and education. The episode aired on Wednesday, May 10, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's budget increase for the Head Start program, and whether the age limit for enrollment should be increased from age four to age five. The episode aired on Thursday, May 3, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the results of a recent survey by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) on the involvement of parents in the education of their children. The episode aired on Thursday, March 15, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-014-016
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the view of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy ("Drug Czar") William J. "Bill" Bennett on the role of anti-drug education in the nation's "war on drugs." The episode aired on Friday, February 23, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-014-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President George H. W. Bush's proposal for federal spending on the Head Start preschool education program. The episode aired on Thursday, February 22, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate how to solve the problem of students increasingly defaulting on their college loans. The episode aired on Thursday, November 8, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether colleges and universities should be legally required to make campus crime statistics widely available. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 23, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate America's need for more teachers and the Teach for America program, which provides teacher training to college graduates that major in education. The episode aired on Thursday, September 6, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the idea of requiring television sets to make closed captions available without the need for a separate decoding box. They anticipate that this would make TV more accessible to the deaf and hearing impaired, and also help teach children to read. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 22, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss federal budget negotiations and debate whether education should be a high priority for federal spending. The episode aired on Thursday, July 19, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-014-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the low ranking of the United States among industrialized nations on spending for primary and secondary education. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 13, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate making the "Star Schools" education program more available. "Star Schools" is a program that uses satellite technology to transmit good teaching and courses into schools where adequate traditional instruction is unavailable. The episode aired on Monday, January 22, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a new law providing tax incentives for low and middle income families who save and pay for their children's college education with U.S. savings bonds. The episode aired on Friday, January 12, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President George H. W. Bush's veto of legislation that would have permitted 40,000 Chinese students to remain in the United States instead of being compelled to return to China under existing immigration law. The episode aired on Tuesday, December 19, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the shortage of teachers in America and strategies to recruit additional and better teachers. The episode aired on Wednesday, October 18, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-015-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's education reform proposal to provide federal aid in the form of vouchers to some families, to be used to send their children to private schools. They comment on the effect of such a policy on public schools. The episode aired on Friday, July 10, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss the twentieth anniversary of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that protects people from discrimination on the basis of sex in any education activity receiving federal funding, including protections from discrimination against women in college sports. The episode aired on Thursday, July 2, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate legislation to reform federal college aid to students, and the possibility that President Bush would veto it because of opposition to allowing the federal government to issue education loans directly to students. The episode aired on Monday, June 22, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.