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Peer reviewedKearney, C. Philip – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Discusses the role of the national values of efficiency, choice, and equity in the adoption and implementation of the federal education block grant program and the negative effects on school desegregation. Urges policymakers to consider policy goals, and not just policy instruments, when considering future proposals. (FMW)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Programs, Policy Formation, Public Policy
Nelson, Lewis M., Jr. – 1983
This document suggests how state boards of education can get a fair share of block grant monies from the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. States' decisions regarding distribution of block grant monies involve three significant characteristics: (1) almost all states keep 20 percent of the grant (the maximum allowed) at the state…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Board of Education Role, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
