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Williams, Mary E., Ed. – 1997
Books in the Opposing Viewpoints series challenge readers to question their own opinions and assumptions. By reading carefully balanced views, readers confront new ideas on the topic of interest. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited job discrimination based on age, race, religion, gender, or national origin, provided the groundwork for…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Public Policy
Download full textRomberg, Thomas A., Ed. – 1992
This books contains papers written on issues related to externally mandated mathematics tests and their influence on school mathematics. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the book, including brief abstracts of each chapter. Chapter 2 presents a summary of the overall problems associated with the need for valid information. Remaining chapters…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Calculators, Criticism, Educational Assessment
Mink, Gwendolyn – 1998
During the 1920s, progressive women activists invented welfare to help mothers and their children survive when breadwinning fathers either died or abandoned their families. During the 1930s, the local mothers' pension programs of the Progressive Era became part of the emerging national welfare state, which was conceived to relieve poor single…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Economic Change, Employed Women, Family Life
