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Direct linkSunderman, Gail L.; Orfield, Gary; Kim, James S. – Principal Leadership, 2006
Under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), every school is subject to the controversial mandates for annual test score gains contained in the federal law. The law represents a profound change in the relationship between the federal government and state and local education agencies regarding who controls education and has direct implications for…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Scores
Download full textLevin, Henry M. – 1987
This paper outlines the types of schooling programs that will build on the strengths of educationally disadvantaged students to bring them into the educational mainstream as well as to prepare them for economic, political, and social participation. Without intervention on behalf of the disadvantaged, the following results may occur: (1) a dual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change
