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Aims to bring together the work of some of the young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the federal role in reform efforts. This book addresses such issues as desegregation, education choice, Title I, National Defense Education Act, politics of pre-K education, and Supreme Court decisions on equal opportunity.

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A rich and illuminating book on various aspects of national educational policy and politics from a stellar cast of promising young historians and social scientists, deftly organized into a coherent volume by Kaestle. Robert Schwartz, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education ""A must-read for those who are either enamored or skeptical of further concentrating state and federal authority over schooling in the U.S."" Larry Cuban, coauthor of Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform ""An exceptional book."" Gordon Ambach, former New York State Education Commissioner

To Educate a Nation Federal and National

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    A Paperback by Carl F. Kaestle, Alyssa E. Lodewick, Jeffrey R. Henig

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      Publisher: MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Publication Date: 9/13/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780700615438, 978-0700615438
      ISBN10: 0700615431
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Aims to bring together the work of some of the young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the federal role in reform efforts. This book addresses such issues as desegregation, education choice, Title I, National Defense Education Act, politics of pre-K education, and Supreme Court decisions on equal opportunity.

      Trade Review
      A rich and illuminating book on various aspects of national educational policy and politics from a stellar cast of promising young historians and social scientists, deftly organized into a coherent volume by Kaestle. Robert Schwartz, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education ""A must-read for those who are either enamored or skeptical of further concentrating state and federal authority over schooling in the U.S."" Larry Cuban, coauthor of Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform ""An exceptional book."" Gordon Ambach, former New York State Education Commissioner

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