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ERIC Number: EJ672039
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
Reading First Initiative in Rural Pennsylvania Schools.
Edmondson, Jacqueline; Shannon, Patrick
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v18 n1 p31-34 Spr 2003
Case study of a poor, rural Pennsylvania school district's experience with the Reading First initiative illustrates how the No Child Left Behind Act confines districts to a few federally prescribed, "scientifically proven" curricula that ignore local conditions. Sanctioned schools are negatively labeled but receive inadequate funding, setting the stage for failure and ultimately privatization. (TD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Centralization, Criticism, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, High Stakes Tests, Incentive Grants, Phonics, Policy Analysis, Politics of Education, Poverty, Privatization, Reading Instruction, Rural Schools, School Districts, School Effectiveness, State School District Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Pennsylvania; Policy Implementation; Reading First