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McBeath, Marcia; Hoffman, Gilbert L. – 1984
This study was conducted (1) to determine the effects of the change, under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), from categorical grants to block grants in the District of Columbia, and (2) to compare these local effects with the findings of other nationwide studies. The first half of the paper is a review of reports…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKimbrough, Jackie; Hill, Paul T. – 1983
When federally funded categorical programs for educational equity converge at the school level, difficulties such as resource competition tend to arise. This study addresses interference (categorical and core local program conflicts) and cross-subsidy (categorical fund misuse) problems at district, school, and classroom levels in terms of…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Class Organization, Classroom Environment
Kennedy, Kerry J. – 1984
This paper reports the results of a study of the implementation of multicultural education policy initiatives in Australia. An outline of the study's methods follows brief discussions of the emergence of multicultural education as a policy issue and the context of multicultural education in Australia. To assess the impact of multicultural…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Educational Policy
