by Lawrence J. McAndrews
University of Illinois Press, 2005
Cloth: 978-0-252-03080-2 | Paper: 978-0-252-07579-7 | eISBN: 978-0-252-09185-8
Library of Congress Classification LA217.2.M392 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 379.73

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.