Research ArticleI. Consequences of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Schooling the State: ESEA and the Evolution of the U.S. Department of Education
Patrick McGuinn
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2015, 1 (3) 77-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.04
Patrick McGuinn
aAssociate professor of political science and education and chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Drew University

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Schooling the State: ESEA and the Evolution of the U.S. Department of Education
Patrick McGuinn
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Dec 2015, 1 (3) 77-94; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2015.1.3.04
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- Article
- Abstract
- ORIGINS: THE EARLY FEDERAL ROLE IN EDUCATION
- EXPANSION: ESEA, GRANT-IN-AID CONDITIONS, AND CATEGORICAL COMPLIANCE
- INSTITUTIONALIZATION: THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- REDIRECTION: NEW FOCUS ON STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- ENFORCEMENT: NCLB AND THE NEW MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
- IMPLEMENTATION: STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES
- A NEW APPROACH: RACE TO THE TOP AND NCLB WAIVERS
- THE COMMON CORE EFFORT
- CONCLUSION
- FOOTNOTES
- REFERENCES
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