Interview with Harry M. Caudill, July 24, 1990
Project: History of Education in Kentucky: Education Reform Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Harry Caudill, former state legislator, social activist, and author discusses education in Kentucky. He discusses the factors negatively impacting education, including television and outmigration from the state. He discusses the creation of the Minimum Foundation Program, its goals, and its successes. He discusses the politics involved in the Minimum Foundation Program and in education in general. He discusses his involvement in the Special Committee to Investigate Education, and various other people and organizations that have impacted education in Kentucky.Interview Accession
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Education reform Kentucky school system Minimum Foundation Program Wendell Butler University of Kentucky. Medical Center University of Kentucky. College of Medicine Cultural reform Television National Defense Education Act Special Committee to Investigate Education Kentucky Commission on Public Education School administrators. School superintendentsInterview LC Subject
Caudill, Harry M., 1922-1990 Caudill, Harry M., 1922-1990--Interviews Education Education--History Education--Kentucky Educational change Educational development Education--Finance--Kentucky Schools Governors--Kentucky Rural roads Roads--Kentucky Rural schools--Kentucky Butler, Wendell Pace, 1912-2000 Kentucky--Politics and government Politicians--Kentucky Teachers--Kentucky Taxation--Law and legislation Teachers--Salaries, etc. Educational changeInterview Rights
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Caudill, Harry M. Interview by Richard Royster. 24 Jul. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Caudill, H.M. (1990, July 24). Interview by R. Royster. History of Education in Kentucky: Education Reform Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Caudill, Harry M., interview by Richard Royster. July 24, 1990, History of Education in Kentucky: Education Reform Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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