2 Was It Really About Sputnik? The National Defense Education Act of 1958

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Conservatives and Liberals Go to School 1
6. 1 How the Camel’s Nose Got in the Tent: Historical Precedents for Federal Aid to Education 29
7. 2 Was It Really About Sputnik? The National Defense Education Act of 1958 39
8. 3 Lyndon Johnson’s “Billion-Dollar Baby”: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 59
9. 4 Civil Rights and Unfunded Mandates: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 89
10. 5 The House That Jimmy Built: The U.S. Department of Education 101
11. 6 Standards-Based Reform Meets Federal Education Policy: The Goals 2000: Educate America Act 129
12. 7 The No Child Left Behind Act and the Federal-Control Threat 159
13. 8 Where Is Federal Education Policy Taking Us? 187
14. References 199
15. Index 209