Description
Book SynopsisFew pieces of legislation have caused as much public controversy as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This book analyzes the passage of this law, compares it to other federal education policies, and shows that No Child Left Behind is an indicator of how and why conservative and liberal ideologies are gradually transforming.
Trade Review“A solid contribution. This book brings the well-documented expansion in the federal education role together in a usefully systematic way, with the ideological rationale for each installment explored individually and in the aggregate.”
—Andrew Rudalevige,Dickinson College
“This timely study contributes to our understanding on the evolution of federal involvement in public schools. The author makes extensive use of original Congressional sources to illuminate the tension between the liberals and the conservatives through several legislative episodes leading to the No Child Left Behind legislation.”
—Kenneth Wong,Brown University
“Anderson, an independent education researcher, provides an excellent political history of No Child Left Behind.”
—R. F. Subotnik Choice
“Lee Anderson’s analysis of the relationship between federal education policies and political ideologies is thoroughly researched, judiciously analyzed, and clearly presented.”
—Priscilla Wohlstetter Political Science Quarterly
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Introduction: Conservatives and Liberals Go to School
1. How the Camel’s Nose Got in the Tent: Historical Precedents for Federal Aid to Education
2. Was It Really About Sputnik? The National Defense Education Act of 1958
3. Lyndon Johnson’s “Billion-Dollar Baby”: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
4. Civil Rights and Unfunded Mandates: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
5. The House That Jimmy Built: The U.S. Department of Education
6. Standards-Based Reform Meets Federal Education Policy: The Goals 2000 Educate America Act
7. The No Child Left Behind Act and the Federal-Control Threat
8. Where Is Federal Education Policy Taking Us?
References
Index
