Congress and the classroom: from the Cold War to "No Child Left Behind"

Conservatives and liberals go to school

How the camel's nose got in the te : historical precedents for federal aid to education

Was it really about Sputnik? :the National Defense Education Act of 1958

Lyndon Johnson's "billion-dollar baby" : the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

Civil rights and unfunded mandates: the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975

The house that Jimmy built: the U.S. Department of Education

Standards-based reform meets federal education policy: the Goals 2000, Educate America Act

The No Child Left Behind Act and the federal-control threat

Where is federal education policy taking us?