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David M. Houston – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
In the last decade, many political conflicts over K-12 education in the United States have increasingly divided along party lines. While it may seem like this development represents a sudden and surprising departure from a long-standing tradition of bipartisanship, I argue that the politics of education has been gradually growing more exposed to…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational History, Governance
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Meens, David E.; Howe, Kenneth R. – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Local control has historically been a prominent principle in education policymaking and governance. Culminating with the passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), however, the politics of education have been nationalized to an unprecedented degree, and local control has all but disappeared as a principle framing education policymaking.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Democratic Values, Democracy