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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814704803321

Autore

Michael Deanna L. <1961->

Titolo

Jimmy Carter as educational policymaker : equal opportunity and efficiency / / Deanna L. Michael

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7790-8

1-4356-6692-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

379.2/60973

Soggetti

Education and state - United States

Educational equalization - Government policy - United States

Educational equalization - Georgia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The resistance to equal opportunity and efficiency -- The end of open resistance -- The compromise of equal educational opportunity -- Equal educational opportunity through system reform -- An opportunity missed -- Return to local leadership: the Carter Center and Atlanta Project.

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzes educational reform in the second half of the twentieth century through the political career of Jimmy Carter and his influence on educational policy.