Title
School Desegregation and Federal Inducement: Lessons from the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Journal / Book Title
Educational Policy
Abstract
This study uses the example of the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972, a federal desegregation incentive program, to discuss the benefits and challenges of equity-oriented incentives. This study applies theories of policy instruments and the social construction of target populations to congressional records, archival program materials, and other historical sources to trace the origin and evolution of the incentives and mandates built into the Emergency School Aid Act. The study ultimately concludes that the program’s combination of a financial incentive with rigorous oversight offers lessons for how to incorporate equity-oriented incentives into current education policy.
DOI
10.1177/0895904816632608
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Hodge, Emily, "School Desegregation and Federal Inducement: Lessons from the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972" (2018). Department of Educational Leadership Scholarship and Creative Works. 32.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/educ-leadership-facpubs/32
Published Citation
Hodge, E. M. (2018). School desegregation and federal inducement: Lessons from the Emergency School Aid Act of 1972. Educational Policy, 32(1), 86-116.