School Leaders and the Challenge of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 1960-1968.

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The 1965 passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) changed the landscape of American public education. For the first time in history the federal government made a massive foray into education, and did so in a way that emphasized the needs of disadvantaged children. Extant literature has discussed the enactment process, implementation and evaluation of ESEA but does not talk about school administrators, who played a vital role in the planning, implementation and evaluation of ESEA school initiatives. Despite their importance, studies of ESEA have paid very little attention to administrators’ role in ESEA. This dissertation focuses on the impact that ESEA had on school administrators. The main research questions are: When ESEA was initially enacted, and in subsequent reauthorizations, what were legislators’ intentions for administrator practice in the execution of ESEA? How did ESEA impact school administrators? What changes in the work of school administrators came ab

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