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Article: The Unpopular Issues of Poverty and Isolation.(public education)(Brief Article)
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- School Administrator
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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The new year has more than a calendar change in store for federally supported education programs. The year 2000 likely will see far-reaching changes that will reshape our federal programs more than any year since 1981 when the Reagan administration ushered in the era of flexibility in federal programs.
The federal focus is about to complete a dramatic shift away from addressing equal educational opportunity for the poorest children to interventions that affect all students. Because Title I, at approximately $8 billion this year, remains substantial, there will continue to be a significant focus on equal opportunity. However, the new money either has a more ...