EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation

Paper · Semantic Scholar

The enactment of the Basic Act on Children marks a significant milestone in the ongoing effort of aligning national Japanese educational policy with the international standards set forth by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). However, the complex process of translating these comprehensive, macro-level legal principles into micro-level, daily early childhood education (ECE) practices rem…

Reference · Wikidata

U.S. lobbying organization in favor of birth control

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

The National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control was a birth control lobbying organization set up in 1929 in Chicago by Margaret Sanger and the Illinois Birth Control League.

Book · DOAB

How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the soc…

Full text · Open Library

"Coming on the heels of the highly popular fourth edition, Women, Law and Social Change, 5e continues to provide a foundation for how Canadian law and legal process have connected or disconnected women. Using a greater array of precedent-setting cases and stories, including Murdoch, Morgentaler, Bliss, and Brooks, this new edition offers an expanded glimpse at more than a century of struggle for women’s inclusion in…

Image · DPLA

Elbert A. Walton, Jr., was born on February 21, 1942. As a Democrat, he served seven terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, elected 1978-1990. For his most recent biographic entry, see the Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1991-1992.Joe Bock, former state representative, recalled Mr. Walton as the best orator of the Missouri House, which led to my contacting Mr. Walton for an interview. I met Mr. Wa…