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ERIC Number: EJ270798
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1982-Nov
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The Federal Role in Elementary and Secondary Education, 1940-1980.
Kaestle, Carl F.; Smith, Marshall S.
Harvard Educational Review, (Rethinking the Federal Role in Education) v52 n4 p384-408 Nov 1982
Discusses seven stereotypical views concerning the history of federal involvement in elementary and secondary education. Examines federal intervention after World War II; origination of federal programs; the National Defense Education Act; basic skills education; federal aid to precollegiate education; federal pressure for desegregation; and federal influence on local education. (CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Desegregation Effects, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role, Program Development, School Districts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Historical Materials; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I; National Defense Education Act
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