concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: federal educational reform

education policy
type: Concept
narrower: federal educational reform

federal educational reform
type: Concept
broader: education policy
definition: The movement for higher standards (and away from local control) in American education has attracted considerable public and scholarly attention during the past decade. The federal government has been critical to the direction of educational reform, particularly as related to standards-based reform. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Federal Educational Reform]