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Congress and the classroom : from the Cold War to "No Child Left Behind" / Lee W. Anderson.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Lee, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
- United States.
- Educational accountability--United States.
- Educational accountability.
- Federal aid to education--United States.
- Federal aid to education.
- Educational law and legislation--United States.
- Educational law and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- x, 214 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
- 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?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271032238
- 0271032235
- OCLC:
- 123912548
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