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Desegregating Schools in a Midwestern Urban Community: The Impact of Federal Intervention on Schooling in Chicago Public Schools since 1980
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Poole, Angela E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research investigates forces that shaped the issuance of the 1980 Consent Decree and the factors that led to the Court's determination when Chicago Public School District made the necessary school desegregation changes to be removed from judicial oversight. Using a historical case study design, this research explores the impact of a federal…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, Urban Schools, Public Schools, School Districts
Linking Political Influence to School Reform with a Focus on the Performance Evaluation Reform Act and Senate Bill 7
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Fredericks, Juliane R. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This study focused on the federal and Illinois State the reform legislation titled the Performance Evaluation Reform Act and Senate Bill 7. The Performance Evaluation Reform Act or "PERA" was created from collaboration between stakeholders as Illinois competed in a federal competition titled "Race to the Top." The legislation…
Descriptors: Political Influences, Educational Change, Federal Government, Educational Legislation
Turmoil, Tirades and Transformation: The Wars for the National History Standards 1991-2004
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Henry, Phyllis Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative research study, in the format of an historical narrative, chronicles the issues, process of consensus, and the impact of the National History Standards Project (NHSP) on local policies and curricula in history education. The "culture wars" for the "National Standards for History" of 1994-1996 and quest for a…
Descriptors: Oral History, International Education, Federal Legislation, National Standards