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Download full textKosar, Kevin R. – 2003
During the past 12 years there was a sudden and unexpected consensus held by U.S. Congressmen and Presidents that students in U.S. public schools were learning less than they should. Moreover, the conservatives and liberals agreed that the proper policy response to this public problem was to raise education standards. Recent years brought five…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Government Role, Literature Reviews, National Standards
Community Update, 1994
This document consists of the 11 issues of this brief newsletter issued between April 1993 and May 1994. The newsletter provides information to help schools and communities to reach the National Education Goals. Each issue contains reports on monthly satellite town meetings focused on specific goals or issues; topics to be discussed in upcoming…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Community Action, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedRiley, Richard W. – Journal of Law and Education, 1994
The United States Secretary of Education explains how the Goals 2000 Act provides a framework for encouraging systemic education reform under the leadership of state and local education agencies. Discusses the nature of the federal government's role in education, its constitutional origins, and its development and expansion. (295 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Riley, Richard W. – School Business Affairs, 1994
According to Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education, the federal government can be a partner to states and communities in improving education. Outlines the Goals 2000 plan to provide schools with greater flexibility in exchange for greater accountability for results. Federal priorities are to provide additional resources to high-poverty…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Clinchy, Evans, Ed. – 1997
Contributors to this collection raise questions about the wisdom of the Goals 2000 approach to educational improvement. They present new looks at improving America's schools and creating an educational model based on care, concern, and connection. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction: Setting Sail on a Very Long Voyage" (Evans Clinchy);…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This document records the proceedings of a Congressional hearing on the role of the federal government in education policy. Statements are provided by Richard Riley (Secretary of Education), Bret Schundler (Mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey), Tommy Thompson (Governor, Wisconsin), and Representatives, William L. Clay (Missouri), William F. Goodling…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Information, Civil Rights, Decentralization
