Congress and the classroom from the Cold War to "No Child Left Behind" / Lee W. Anderson.
| Author/creator | Anderson, Lee, 1961- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, |
| Description | x, 214 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007017105 |
| ISBN | 9780271032238 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0271032235 (cloth : alk. paper) |