Sentences with phrase «federal involvement began»

Federal involvement began more than 225 years ago, even before George Washington was president, when Congress passed two laws — the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 — to create and maintain public schools in the expanding United States.

The irony is that in promoting the Common Core in its high - profile federal initiatives, the Obama administration may have blurred the line between where the state development ends and federal involvement begins and given some state leaders pause about adopting the very standards that were the goal in the first place.»

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The era also saw the beginning of a new federal involvement in education that would spread out in all directions in the coming years.

After holding a series of hearings, which for the most part seemed aimed at confirming his sense that federal involvement in education has gone too far, and traveling around the country seeking further affirmation from parents, teachers and administrators, Representative Kline is ready to begin.

It marked the beginning of large - scale involvement of the U.S. federal government in education.