Books written by Maris A. Vinovskis

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  An "Epidemic" of Adolescent Pregnancy?: Some Historical and Policy Considerations

  At first, the Republicans attempted to put the Title X program into a block grant. When that failed, however, the Administration tried to mandate a parental notification requirement for unemancipated minors under age eighteen.

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  Education and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts

  Carl Kaestle's and Maris Vinovskis's study is firmly grounded in this newer perspective.

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  Education and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts

  Carl Kaestle's and Maris Vinovskis's study is firmly grounded in this newer perspective.

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  Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War

  Harris, P.M.G. “The Social Origins of American Leaders: The Demographic Foundations. ... Kaestle, Carl F., and Vinovskis, Maris A. Education and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts. Cambridge, 1980.

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  The Birth of Head Start: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations

  Harold Howe II, memorandum to Wilbur J. Cohen, "Possible transfer of Head Start to HEW," April 1, 1968, in Presidential Task Forces, ... 1-5, 7, in Wilbur J. Cohen Papers, box 107, folder 15, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. 48.

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  Family and Population in 19th Century America

  Again, however, one would like to have more evidence on this score, These remarks reflect the distressing lack of information on inheritance arrangements in nineteenth-century rural America, on the manner in which farms and farm land ...

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  The Birth of Head Start: Preschool Education Policies in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations

  The Birth of Head Start sets the record straight on the program's intended aims, documenting key decisions made during its formative years.

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  An "epidemic" of Adolescent Pregnancy?: Some Historical and Policy Considerations

  Adolescent pregnancy is a problem which arouses strong feelings. This book attempts to put the matter as it affects the USA into a historical framework and to discuss the social and policy issues raised.

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  Studies in American Historical Demography: Studies in Population

  Though much remains to be said and tested about the different sources and techniques used in historical demography, it does appear that one has to be very conscious about the biases introduced by the diversity of sources and techniques ...

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  From A Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind: National Education Goals and the Creation of Federal Education Policy

  Distinguished historian and policy analyst Maris Vinovskis examines federal K–12 education policies, beginning with the publication of A Nation at Risk and focusing on the National Education Goals, America 2000,...

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  Toward a Social History of the American Civil War: Exploratory Essays

  This volume of essays, which focuses on the North, is intended as an initial reconnaissance by social historians into the study of the Civil War.

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  History and Educational Policymaking

  In this book an eminent scholar and policymaker analyzes the lessons history can teach those who wish to reform the American educational system.Maris Vinovskis begins by tracing the evolving role of the federal government in educational ...

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  Learning from the Past: What History Teaches Us about School Reform

  ... Yudof , David L. Kirp , and Betsy Levin , Education Policy and the Law ( St. Paul , Minn .: West Publishing , 1991 ) , chaps . 5 and 6 , for a thorough compen- dium of the cases and law review articles on equal educational opportunity ...