November 19, 1999
His Nomination Stalled, Official Will Leave Education Department
Marshall S. Smith, whose nomination to be Deputy Education Secretary has been blocked by Congress since 1997, announced last week that he would step down and return to Stanford University as a professor of education.
Mr. Smith, who has served as Under Secretary of Education since 1993, ran afoul of Congressional Republicans on controversial issues such as the federal direct-loan program and proposed voluntary national tests for schoolchildren. "He's been a
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