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Direct linkFrederick M. Hess Ed.; Max Eden Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2017
In this foundational book, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden bring together a cross-section of respected academics and journalists to examine key aspects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This volume provides a thematic and in-depth analysis of the central provisions of this landmark legislation, presenting a range of perspectives. The…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Urban Schools
Download full textWagner, David L.; Fraleigh, Douglas – 1986
Designed to serve as a framework in which high school debate students, coaches, and judges can evaluate the issues, arguments, and evidence concerning which agricultural policies best serve the United States, this booklet provides guidelines for research on the 1986-87 debate resolutions selected by the National Federation of State High School…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Debate, Federal Government, Government Role
Frank, Michael – National Geographic Society (NJ3), 2006
This book for third-to-eighth graders explains why government is needed, what it does, and how it works, by providing a grand tour of Washington, DC. The guided reading level is Q-R and the Fry level is 3.8. The suggested grade range is 3-8.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Reading Materials
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1984
Designed to facilitate research, preparation, and presentation of arguments for the national debate topic, this manual summarizes trends in poverty over the past 24 years, examines reasons for changes in the rate of poverty, discusses demographic characteristics of the poverty population, and analyzes methods used to calculate the number of poor…
Descriptors: Debate, Federal Government, Government Role, High Schools
Melville, Keith, Ed. – 1984
Appropriate for secondary school social studies, this booklet covers the causes, problems, and possible solutions for the high cost of American health care. The topic is discussed in five sections. The first section, "The $350 Billion Health Care Bill," discusses how the nation's priority on health care has led to the emergence of medicine as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Suter, Coral; Croddy, Marshall – 1984
Designed for students in grades 7-12, this social studies infusion unit examines individual rights and responsibilities in the context of the American criminal justice system and explores the balance between individual and group rights achieved at various levels of government. An introductory chapter establishes how crime control is…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Court Role, Crime
Bandy, Patricia, Ed. – 1984
Designed to encourage informed and critical thinking on contemporary political issues and processes, the articles, case studies, and activities in this student handbook can be incorporated into secondary school social studies units on government or current events. Eight chapters cover the presidency, the federal bureaucracy, the Congress, the…
Descriptors: Budgets, Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Conflict
