| Description |
xii, 387 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Race, religion, and reds -- Making history : the passage of ESEA -- Putting down roots, 1965-1968 -- How much? budget battles, 1969-1977 -- Ending massive resistance : the federal government and southern school desegregation, 1964-1970 -- Education reform in the Nixon administration : the case of bilingual education -- Transforming special education : the genesis of the Education For All Handicapped Children Act -- Compensatory education through the courts : the politics of school finance -- Teacher power : Carter, NEA, and the creation of the Department of Education -- Education and the Reagan revolution. |
| Subject |
Education and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Federal aid to education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9780700615322 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700615326 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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