This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clintonfocuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal government in education as well as to how education issues embody larger questions of opportunity, exclusion, and equality in American society. Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the evolution of policy as each president developed (or avoided developing) a stance toward these issues and discusses the repercussions and implications of policy decisions for the educational community over nearly four decades.
The first comprehensive study of the politics and policies of public and nonpublic school aid and desegregation at the end of the twentieth century
"Those who analyze the intersections of ideology, politics, and policy formation will find McAndrews's study to be as entertaining as it is instructive."--The Historian
"Highly recommended."--
Choice"A valuable contribution to our understanding of education today and in the last half of the twentieth century."--
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"An exhaustively detailed history and absolute 'must read' for any parent, educator, or political professional concerned about the future of local and national educational policy. Highly recommended."--
Wisconsin Bookwatch"As the controversy over the
No Child Left Behind Actindicates, federal education policy continues to be a matter of substantial public interest. This engagingly written and thoroughly researched study is an impressive piece of scholarship and provides an excellent reference source for everyone interested in these crucial debates over the nation's future."--Leland Ware, Louis L. Redding Chair and Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Delaware"By focusing olÃY
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