ERIC Number: EJ422362
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Publication Date: 1991
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Vocational Education and the United States Congress. "The Worst Piece of Educational Legislation Ever Passed..."
Swanson, Gordon I.
Vocational Education Journal, v66 n3 p30-31,45 Mar 1991
Identifies flaws in the new Carl Perkins Act: mismatch between purpose and funding; micromanagement; attempts to legislate learning by specifying courses; legislation of methodology such as academic-vocational integration; failure to consider restructuring of the vocational education system; and failure to address the important federal role in employment and training. (SK)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Carl D Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act 1990
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