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Contents Acknowledgments List of Tables Introduction: Conservatives and Liberals Go to School 1. How the Camel's Nose Got in the Tent: Historical Precedents for Federal Aid to Education 2. Was It Really About Sputnik? The National Defense Education Act of 1958 3. Lyndon Johnson's Billion-Dollar Baby: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 4. Civil Rights and Unfunded Mandates: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 5. The House That Jimmy Built: The U.S. Department of Education 6. Standards-Based Reform Meets Federal Education Policy: The Goals 2000 Educate America Act 7. The No Child Left Behind Act and the Federal-Control Threat 8. Where Is Federal Education Policy Taking Us? References Index

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