Goals 2000: Disastrous Unintended Consequences

"Goals 2000: Educate America Act" aims to, among other things, increase the high school graduation rate to at least 90% and eliminate the graduation rate gap between minority and non-minority students. However well intentioned, this goal is doomed to failure. Powerful systemic forces conve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert H. Seidman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 1996-07-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/634