The Education Crisis: Washington Shares the Blame

Publication Date: May 1984

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Eileen M. Gardner

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Education

Type: Report

Abstract:

Reform of the current expensive and ineffective programs can be achieved only if policy makers recognize that centralization of education in Washington has allowed the policy process to be dominated by self-styled advocates who refuse to accept any evidence that challenges the effectiveness of the programs they support. Only by reversing the process of centralization, and thereby denying a power base to such lobbyists, will the handicapped, slow learners, and other students with special needs obtain effective help with minimum disruption to the normal and gifted child.