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Lieberman, Myron – 1975
Proposed federal public employee bargaining legislation raises the issue of preemption. To what extent, if any, would and/or should federal legislation providing bargaining rights for state and local public employees preempt state legislation on terms and conditions of employment? The purpose of this analysis is to illustrate the importance of the…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Employment Problems, Federal Legislation
HALSTEAD, FRANCIS E. – 1966
A NATIONAL SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE RELATIONSHIPS OF SUBSTANTIVE (WRITTEN) AND COMMON LAW TO THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF NONPUBLIC U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. A MULTIPHASED PROCEDURE WAS EMPLOYED. INITIALLY, LITERATURE WAS REVIEWED TO TRACE THE HISTORICAL-LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF NONPUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.…
Descriptors: Colleges, Court Litigation, Court Role, Higher Education
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Winn, Ira J. – Social Education, 1990
Argues that the Reagan Era's New Federalism hamstrings government by precluding the possibility of a balance of power and responsibilities between state and federal government. Compares this development to the states' rights dilemma freed by John C. Calhoun. Contends that history shows federal inaction produces sectionalism, social cleavage, and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Federal State Relationship
Rose, Amy D. – 1991
An examination of the effects of the Adult Education Act (AEA) 25 years after its passage reveals the growth of the adult basic education (ABE) enterprise in the United States. The AEA provides funding to states to develop and maintain adult basic education programming. Because ABE was recognized as a means of improving the economic status of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational History, Educational Legislation
Barnett, Stephen R. – Notre Dame Lawyer, 1972
After reviewing the results of local regulation of cable television, the author feels that local governments are not fully capable of properly administering and regulating a cable system. (The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agrees that this job should be the states' responsibility.) The article then reviews the structure of the current…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cable Television, Court Litigation, Federal Courts
McDaniel, Thomas R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
South Carolina's Educator Improvement Act provides for a "cradle-to-grave" system of training, certification, employment, and evaluation of teachers. The author fears this type of legislation is the precursor of a nationwide shift in the locus of policy making. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Federal State Relationship, National Competency Tests, School District Autonomy
Miller, Linda Karen – 1991
This dissertation addresses how federalism is portrayed in high school U.S. history textbooks. The guiding questions of this study include: (1) How well do senior high school U.S. history textbooks portray federalism through description of domestic disorders? (2) When domestic disorders are included in these textbooks, how accurately are they…
Descriptors: Constitutional History, Content Analysis, Course Content, Dissent
Pole, Christopher J., Ed.; Chawla-Duggan, Rita, Ed. – 1996
The 1988 Education Reform Act precipitated major educational change in the United Kingdom. This book is a compilation of papers originally presented at the 1994 Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) conference at the University of Warwick (England). The papers focus on changes that have occurred and are occurring in the…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Economics, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, DC. – 1971
In this 1971 annual report of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, the Council had as its central concern the question: "What is best for the children?" Instead of another Title I ESEA evaluative survey, the Council concentrated on three elements affecting the success of Title I -- delivery of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Cultural Differences
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Hazard, William R.; Einstein, Vivian – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
Legal aspects of the controversy surrounding sex education in the public schools are examined; the issue is placed in historical perspective; and implications for school administrators are drawn. Court decisions concerning the rights of parents, religious groups, and the state to determine curriculum content are summarized. (PP)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This document contains proceedings from a hearing held in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 1995, to gather information about the appropriate federal role in establishing national educational guidelines. The goal of the hearing is in conjunction with the overall objective of establishing a framework for policy initiatives that will create an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Moore, Joseph B. – 1989
The purpose of this study was (1) to portray the historical periods of the Newbury, Vermont, school system; (2) to note the growth of the district schools between 1763 and 1832; and (3) to determine what role the state played between 1777 and 1807 in the development of the Newbury school system. In terms of school governance and organization, five…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, Educational History, Educational Trends
Cooper, Bruce S.; And Others – 1980
A new argument is made for school finance equalization, based not on "equal protection" or "equal educational opportunity," but on constitutional requirements for tax equity in New Hampshire. Since inequalities in school finance are a taxation problem, they call for tax reform. The analyses rest on four points: (1) that…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Dumenil, Lynn – Journal of American History, 1990
Analyzes the struggle to create a federal department of education in the 1920s. Details proponents' arguments in favor of efficiency, national control, and cultural homogeneity. Contends that opponents organized against further expansion of federal power. Places the debate within the larger context of progressivism and nativism. (CH)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Centralization, Educational History, Educational Legislation
Moore, Mary T.; And Others – 1983
This report summarizes a two-volume study focusing on state administration of selected federal education programs and federal and state interactions surrounding programs for special pupils. Federal programs and civil rights provisions examined include four titles of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Education for All Handicapped…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Conflict, Educational Administration, Educational Opportunities
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