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No "One Size Fits All" Impact of Doubling Pell Grants: Understanding the Impact of Changing the Maximum Pell Grant on Low- and Middle-Income Students. Issue Brief
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Hill, Catharine Bond – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
As policy makers consider revisions to the Higher Education Act (HEA), understanding the impact of increasing the size of Pell grants is important if it is to have the intended impact of improving educational outcomes for lower income students across the various types of colleges and universities. Understanding institutional behavior is a place to…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Aid, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Counter Engagement: Parents Refusing High Stakes Testing and Questioning Policy in the Era of the Common Core
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Abraham, Stephanie; Wassell, Beth A.; Luet, Kathryn McGinn; Vitalone-Racarro, Nancy – Journal of Education Policy, 2019
This study is a critical discourse analysis of the New Jersey Opt-Out Movement. In 2015, and in response to the increasing standardization of US public school instruction, and over-use of high-stakes testing, NJ parents began to refuse to allow their children to take a key end-of-the year exam, the PARCC. We employ the concepts of master and…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, High Stakes Tests, Resistance (Psychology), Public Education
Techies, the Tea Party, and the Race to the Top: The Rise of the New Upper-Middle Class and Tensions in the Rightist Politics of Federal Education Reform
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Au, Wayne – Educational Forum, 2016
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and their associated high-stakes testing are key parts of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative. There has been considerable resistance to both CCSS and related testing, particularly from conservative actors. This resistance suggests that CCSS has caused substantial tension within the conservative…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Federal Regulation, Educational Change, Politics of Education
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2018
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Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2017
"Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2018" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and summary tables. President Trump's 2018 Budget's defining ambition is to unleash the dreams of the American people. This requires laying a new foundation for American Greatness. Through…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Government, Economic Progress, Fiscal Capacity
The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education: Policies and Programs in a Changing Era. Educational Innovations Series
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Loss, Christopher P., Ed.; McGuinn, Patrick J., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2016
In "The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education," two leading scholars of education policy bring together a distinguished and varied array of contributors to systematically examine the growing convergence between the K-12 and higher education sectors in the United States. Though the two sectors have traditionally been treated as…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Alignment (Education)
Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2017
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Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, 2016
"Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2017" contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, and summary tables. President Obama's 2017 Budget makes critical investments while adhering to the bipartisan budget agreement he signed into the previous fall, and it lifts sequestration in…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Government, Economic Progress, Fiscal Capacity