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Author Anderson, Lee, 1961-

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

Publication Info. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 Moore Stacks  LC89 .A78 2007    Available  ---
Description x, 214 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
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?
Subject United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Educational accountability -- United States.
Educational accountability.
United States.
Federal aid to education -- United States.
Federal aid to education.
Educational law and legislation -- United States.
Educational law and legislation.
ISBN 9780271032238 cloth alkaline paper
0271032235 cloth alkaline paper