Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 209 p)
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ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781589010901
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1589010906
Series Statement:
American governance and public policy series
Content:
For most of the history of the United States, citizens and elected officials alike considered elementary and secondary education to be the quintessential state and local function. Only in the past four decades, from Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to George W. Bush's ambitious but controversial No Child Left Behind initiative, has Washington's influence over America's schools increased significantly. Today, many Americans have become more convinced that the U.S. government and the states should play an increasingly important role in th
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index
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Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; PART I. FOUNDATIONS; 1 Introduction; 2 Borrowing Strength, Federalism, and Agenda Setting; PART II. EVIDENCE AND EXPLANATIONS; 3 Patterns of Federal Interest in Education; 4 Patterns of Federal Involvement in Education; 5 Borrowing Strength, Federalism, and Education Agendas; 6 Leaving No Child Behind in the American Federal System; PART III. IMPLICATIONS; 7 Borrowing Strength and Education Politics; 8 Setting the Agenda in the American Federal System; Appendix; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I
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JK; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781589010901
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe School's In : Federalism and the National Education Agenda
Language:
English
