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Policy Making

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2010 legislation aimed at reducing the number of uninsured individuals and decreased health care costs
Domestic Policy
A category of public policy that includes a broad and varied range of government programs affecting the lives of citizens within a country
Northwest Ordinance
1787 law that specifically set aside land for the establishment of public schools in newly settled territories
John Dewey
psychologist who advocated experiential learning rather than relying on passive experience
Sputnik I
Soviet satellite that spurred American schools to refocus on science and math education
Brown v. Board of Education
SCOTUS ruling that stated separate educational facilities for black and white students were inherently unequal
Head Start
1964 program created to provide preschool to at-risk-low-income children
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Created Title I programs to improve educational opportunities for low-income K-12 students.
Title IX
Federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
A Nation at Risk
1983 report on America's schools that indicated that the United States was behind other nations in education.
No Child Left Behind
2002 law that linked standards, testing and accountability further increasing the role of the federal government in education policy
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson's book on the effects of pollution on wildlife
The Environmental Protection Agency
Created in 1970 to carry out government policies regarding water pollution, air pollution and hazardous waste.
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
CAFE
Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency standards, introduced in 1975 that required automakers to meet average fuel efficiency standards for the fleet of cars they sold in the United States
Department of Energy
Cabinet department created in 1977 to deal with the complexity of energy policy.
Exxon Valdez
1989 oil tanker that spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince Edward Sound off the coast of Alaska
greenhouse gases
Gases in the atmosphere that lead to higher global temperatures
global warming
Increase in global temperatures due to carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil
An Inconvenient Truth
Film produced by former VP Al Gore to gain national attention to the issue of climate change
Agenda Setting
Government recognition that a problem is worthy of consideration for governmental action (Stage of Public Policy Process)
Policy Formulation
Identification of alternative approaches to addressing the problems placed on the government's agenda (Stage of Public Policy Process)
Policy Adoption
The formal selection of public policies through legislative, executive, judicial and bureaucratic means (Stage of Public Policy Process)
Policy Implementation
The actual administration or application of public policies to their targets (Stage of Public Policy Process)
Policy Evaluation
The determination of a policy's accomplishments, consequences or shortcomings (Stage of Public Policy Process)
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