Where is this quote from?  Former Secretary of Education, under George
Bush the first, Lauro Cavazos, said that there was a need to
"restructure elementary and secondary education."  He went on to say
"By restructuring, I mean developing and implementing strategies that
will improve the educational process."  He further said that this is
"curriculum reform that results in better education."  This quote is
in an article somewhere.  Perhaps the NYTimes, but I'm not sure. 
Please give me the citation for this quote.  He may also have said it
in a speech. The citiation for the speech, rather than the article,
would be just fine too.

Hello Elizabeth,

The quote comes from The New Republic, July 10, 1989 ,v201 n2 p7(2).
The title of the article is "Lauro's Themes."

Here's a larger excerpt: 

'... A recent "major address" of his, proudly circulated by Education
Department flacks, is full of cloudy thinking and doubletalk. In it
he, says, for example, that he can "quantitate the education deficit,"
and then makes five points, including, consecutively, these"28 percent
of our students drop out of high school"; "the national high school
graduation rate is only 71.5 percent." Hmmm. Cavazos's prescriptions
sound like I believe we . . . must restructure elementary and
secondary education in this nation. By restructuring, I mean
developing and implementing strategies that will improve the
educational process at the elementary and secondary school level."
Good idea. And, to put a finer point on it: Cavazos favors "curriculum
reform that results in better education."'
source: "Lauro's Themes", The New Republic, July 10, 1989 v201 n2
p7(2)


search strategy: library periodical database
cavazos, "by restructuring"

I hope this helps.

Yippee! Great answer.  Thank you.  Elizabeth