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Congress and the classroom : from the Cold War to "No Child Left Behind" / Lee W. Anderson

Author
Anderson, Lee, 1961-
Published
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
Copyright Date
©2007
Physical Description
x, 214 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents
Introduction : conservatives and liberals go to school -- How the camel's nose got in the tent : historical precedents for federal aid to education -- Was it really about Sputnik? the National Defense Education Act of 1958 -- Lyndon Johnson's "billion-dollar baby" : the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 -- Civil rights and unfunded mandates : the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 -- The house that Jimmy built : the U.S. Department of Education -- Standards-based reform meets federal education policy : the Goals 2000: Educate America Act -- The No Child Left Behind Act and the federal-control threat -- Where is federal education policy taking us?
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ISBN
9780271032238 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271032235 (cloth : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-207) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Harrisburg copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20078.
Abington copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Harrisburg)
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