The Uncertain Triumph: Federal Education Policy in the Kennedy and Johnson Years
Hugh Davis Graham
(Author)
Description
Using the Kennedy and Johnson archives to analyze the evolution of educational policy from the perspective of the executive branch, Graham finds that the central theme was executive planning through presidential task forces. Mission agencies, clientele groups, and congressional committees produced a cascade of education programs in the 1960s as the administration was collapsing under the weight of the Vietnam war, inflation, and collective violence, yet the last two decades have witnessed a decline in test scores and basic literacy.Originally published in 1984.
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Product Details
Price
$57.50
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date
June 01, 2011
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.98 X 9.02 X 0.69 inches | 0.99 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780807896730
About the Author
Hugh Davis Graham was an American historian and sociologist. He taught at Johns Hopkins University, where he served as director of the Institute of Southern History and was the Holland N. McTyeire Professor of American History at Vanderbilt University.