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Download full textDungan, Andy T.; Brownbridge, Robert D. – 1994
The National Education Goals, Goals 2000, were signed into law by President Clinton in 1994. From 1989 to 1994 the goals existed in a symbolic context with minimal funding to support them. An unpredictable series of events sustained the National Education Goals through a period of potential obscurity to enactment. The goals appear to be unique in…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Earley, Penelope M. – 1994
This issue paper summarizes key program elements in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act (P.L. 103-227), signed into law on March 31, 1994. The legislation, designed to codify the eight National Education Goals, authorizes funds for K-12 school improvement and establishes a framework to encourage state and local educational agencies to develop…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
