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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970611203321

Autore

McAndrews Lawrence J (Lawrence John)

Titolo

The era of education : the presidents and the schools, 1965-2001 / / Lawrence J. McAndrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2006

ISBN

9786613044037

9781283044035

128304403X

9780252091858

025209185X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 pages)

Disciplina

379.73

Soggetti

Education and state - United States - History

Federal aid to education - United States - History

United States Politics and government

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. [231]-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Public school aid, 1965-81 -- School desegregation, 1965-81 -- Nonpublic school aid, 1965-81 -- Public school aid, 1981-2001 -- School desegregation, 1981-2001 -- Nonpublic school aid, 1981-2001.

Sommario/riassunto

This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clinton focuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal government in education as well as to how education issues embody larger questions of opportunity, exclusion, and equality in American society. Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the evolution of policy as each president developed (or avoided developing) a stance toward these issues and discusses the repercussions and implications of policy decisions for the educational community over nearly four decades.