Támogató programok az Egyesült Államokban
Policies and programs for supporting disadvantaged students in the United States of America

Summary/Abstract: The study of Julia Vida is a brief overview of the main issues and policies related to the equality of educational opportunities in the USA. It starts with a short description of target groups and a characterization of the problem(s) from the American point of view. Then it goes into more details about three important problems of equality of educational opportunities by citing results of relevant recent research and taking a glance at some of the solutions applied. In the second half of the article the federal role is discussed. The historically greatest federal involvement into education was the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 which set up clear objectives concerning disadvantaged students. The law is analyzed here both by giving a short account of its antecedents and by presenting some of the most common arguments for and against it.

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