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The Era of Education

The Presidents and the Schools, 1965-2001

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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The Era of Education

The Presidents and the Schools, 1965-2001

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clinton focuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal government in education as well as to how education issues embody larger questions of opportunity, exclusion, and equality in American society. Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the evolution of policy as each president developed (or avoided developing) a stance toward these issues and discusses the repercussions and implications of policy decisions for the educational community over nearly four decades.

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University of Illinois Press

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025209185X

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9780252091858

Broken Ground

John F Kennedy and the Politics of Education

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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Broken Ground

John F Kennedy and the Politics of Education

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

Throughout United States history, and particularly from the 1930s through the 1960s, education was a sensitive political issue which preoccupied Congresses, Presidents and interest groups. By the time of John F Kennedy's Presidency federal aid to education was all but inevitable but the disproportionate influence of federal aid adversaries on the House Rule Committee would permit the Kennedy Administration no margin of error. There remained in this subject an abundance of complications and contradictions. This volume addresses the central questions of Kennedy versus Congress and Kennedy versus Kennedy, using a wide range of sources to give a comprehensive focus to this area of political education.

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258

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Routledge

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0415675596

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9780415675598

Refuge in the Lord

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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Refuge in the Lord

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

In this overarching portrait of three decades of U.S. immigration reform, the author focuses on the roles, on the one hand, of presidents from Reagan to Obama, and on the other, of Catholic immigration advocates, shedding light on the relationship between debates over immigration policy and broader domestic politics"--Provided by publisher.

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CUA Press

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0813227798

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9780813227795

The Presidents and the Poor

America Battles Poverty, 1964–2017

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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The Presidents and the Poor

America Battles Poverty, 1964–2017

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

Declaring a War on Poverty in 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson proclaimed: “We shall not rest until that war is won.” Since then, nine presidents have come and gone, each taking up the campaign in his own way—but the poor are still here. While all of these presidents have helped produce meaningful changes in the lives of the nation’s underclass, their setbacks have been at least as notable as their successes. The Presidents and the Poor asks why. This book is the first thorough study of the policies and politics of the presidents from Johnson to Barack Obama—what they did right and how they went wrong—in over half a century of fighting poverty. Many factors conspired to frustrate Democratic efforts to escalate Johnson’s War on Poverty and Republican attempts to unravel it: the rivalry of the two-party system; the frequency of congressional elections; the fluctuations of the economy; the demands of foreign policy; the inertia of the federal bureaucracy; the tensions among cities, states, and Washington, DC; and the priorities of the presidents, the press, and the public. Examining how each president tried to alleviate the suffering of the poor—including what resources he marshaled for which programs, policies, legal strategies, and political maneuvers—Lawrence J. McAndrews details how and why none of the presidents were able to surmount the enormous socioeconomic, political, and cultural barriers to eradicating poverty. Comprehensive and engaging, rich in primary research, and sobering in its conclusions, his book brings much-needed attention and clarity to an enduring yet too often neglected problem.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700626735

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9780700626731

What They Wished For

American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

As a religious bloc, Roman Catholics constitute the most populous religious denomination in the United States, comprising one in four Americans. With the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960, they attained a political prominence to match their rapidly ascending socioeconomic and cultural profile. From Vietnam to Iraq, the civil rights movement to federal funding for faith-based initiatives, and from birth control to abortion, American Catholics have won at least as often as they have lost. What They Wished For by Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the role of American Catholics in presidential policies and politics from 1960 until 2004. Though divided by race, class, gender, and party, Catholics have influenced issues of war and peace, social justice, and life and death among modern presidents in a profound way, starting with the election of President Kennedy and expanding their influence through the intervening years with subsequent presidents. McAndrews shows that American Catholics, led by their bishops and in some cases their pope, have been remarkably successful in shaping the political dialogue and at helping to effect policy outcomes inside and outside of Washington. Indeed, although they opened this era by helping to elect one of their own, Catholic voters have gained so much influence and have become so secure in their socioeconomic status—and so confident in their political standing—that they closed the era by rejecting one of their own, voting for George W. Bush over John Kerry in 2004.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820347116

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9780820347110

The Era of Education

The Presidents and the Schools, 1965-2001

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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University of Illinois Press

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Refuge in the Lord

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites

Unifacial Tool Use and Gainey Phase Definition in South-Central Ontario

By: Lawrence J. Jackson

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The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites

Unifacial Tool Use and Gainey Phase Definition in South-Central Ontario

By: Lawrence J. Jackson

This study fills in some missing links in the Michigan-Ontario Paleo-Indian record. Jackson focuses on the Gainey phase.

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U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

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0915703459

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9780915703456

What They Wished for

American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004

By: Lawrence John McAndrews

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American Catholics and American Presidents, 1960-2004

By: Lawrence John McAndrews

Though divided by race, class, gender, and party, Catholics have influenced issues of war and peace, social justice, and life and death among modern presidents in a profound way, from President Kennedy's election to John Kerry's run.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820346837

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The Presidents and the Poor

America Battles Poverty, 1964–2017

By: Lawrence J. McAndrews

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America Battles Poverty, 1964–2017

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Book's by Lawrence J McAndrews

The Era of Education

The Era of Education

Broken Ground

Broken Ground

Refuge in the Lord

Refuge in the Lord

The Presidents and the Poor

The Presidents and the Poor

What They Wished For

What They Wished For

The Era of Education

The Era of Education

Refuge in the Lord

Refuge in the Lord

The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites

The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites

What They Wished for

What They Wished for

The Presidents and the Poor

The Presidents and the Poor

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