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| Phi Delta Kappan | 4 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
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| Maine | 4 |
| Ohio (Cleveland) | 1 |
| Vermont | 1 |
| Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | 1 |
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| First Amendment | 1 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
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Coladarci, Theodore – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Describes meaning and six important features of local assessment systems in Maine. For example, assessments are administered across multiple grades. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests
McCarthy, Martha M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The central federal question surrounding vouchers is whether participation of sectarian schools violates the First Amendment's Establishment clause. The U.S. Supreme Court, through its interpretation of the federal Constitution, may have the final word in determining voucher proposals' future. Litigation in Cleveland, Milwaukee, Vermont, and Maine…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Parochial Schools
DeYoung, Alan J.; Lawrence, Barbara Kent – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
The professional education community has historically ignored questions concerning schooling's social purpose. Urban life, dependent on skills and values acquired in the country, is not the ultimate human experience pushed by the American elite. Society pays heavily for educating students to flee the communities that nurtured them. (36 references)…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Industrialization, Parent Attitudes
Direct linkAllen, Tom – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
The author maintains that the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 brands good schools with "failing" labels, places the heaviest burdens on states that were already striving to meet challenging education goals, imposes inflexible rules, and fails to make good on promises to pay for programs that would help struggling schools meet the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Public Schools, Federal Programs
