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Download full textIrby, Brian – 1998
In 1966, the Arkansas Education Association (AEA) presented a plan to consolidate school districts by dissolving all school districts with less than 400 students. The proposal spawned an enormous debate, and opponents organized a political action committee named the Arkansas Rural Education Association (AREA). The issues involved were: (1) the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Educational History, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
