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Political education : setting the course for state and federal policy / Christopher T. Cross ; with a contribution by Paul F. Manna ; foreword by Brian Sandoval & Jeremy Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cross, Christopher T., author.
- Sandoval, Brian, 1963- author of foreword.
- Anderson, Jeremy, author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--United States--Finance.
- Education.
- Education--Political aspects.
- History.
- Federal aid to education.
- United States.
- Finance.
- Government aid to education--United States.
- Government aid to education.
- Federal aid to education--United States--History--20th century.
- Public schools--United States--Finance.
- Public schools.
- Public schools--Finance.
- Education--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 211 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- In this volume, political insider Christopher Cross updates his critically acclaimed bestseller with new chapters and important new insights into future education policy. Cross draws on his own experience in Washington, along with research and interviews, to present a highly readable history of federal education policy, from WWII to the Obama administration. The book highlights the key players who helped shape federal policy because, as Cross writes in his introduction, "policy development is woven of personalities, events, and timing." This fascinating chronicle demonstrates, among other things, how federal policy has been a constant influence on what states and local districts do, especially with respect to students most at risk. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- How policy is created: a primer on the process. Setting the stage: the early history
- The Truman and Eisenhower years: impact aid and NDEA pass; construction support and general aid fail
- The Kennedy and Johnson years: failure and, finally, success
- The Nixon, Ford, and Carter years: from trust to nailing everything down
- The Reagan years: the bully pulpit and loosening the strings
- Two Bushes and a Clinton: remarkable bipartisanship expands the Federal role
- Leaving no child behind / Paul F. Manna
- From Bush to Obama: NCLB lives on, and power shifts to the executive branch
- Observations and lessons learned
- What lies ahead: the evolving federal and state roles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807755860
- 0807755869
- OCLC:
- 883747939
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