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The National Schoolmarm: No Child Left Behind and the New Educational Federalism

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The 2002 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law dramatically reshaped the federal role in K-12 education in the United States. The implementation of NCLB has been difficult and contentious, but much of the journalistic and scholarly coverage has underestimated the source, strength, and stability of the political coalition that originally pushed for passage of the law and appears likely to sustain federal activism in education for the long term. For much of American history, the principle of federalism exerted a powerful restraining influence on the size and character of the federal role in education—but that time appears to have passed. Regardless of whether NCLB ultimately improves schools or student achievement, the law has created a new educational federalism in the United States. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

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  • Patrick McGuinn, 2005. "The National Schoolmarm: No Child Left Behind and the New Educational Federalism," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 35(1), pages 41-68, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:35:y:2005:i:1:p:41-68
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    1. Andrew Saultz & Lance D. Fusarelli & Andrew McEachin, 2017. "The Every Student Succeeds Act, the Decline of the Federal Role in Education Policy, and the Curbing of Executive Authority," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 426-444.
    2. Martens, Kerstin & Niemann, Dennis, 2010. "Governance by comparison: How ratings & rankings impact national policy-making in education," TranState Working Papers 139, University of Bremen, Collaborative Research Center 597: Transformations of the State.
    3. Michael S. Hayes, 2015. "The Differential Effect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) on States’ Contributions to Education Funding in States with Binding School District Tax and Expenditure Limitations," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(1), pages 49-72, March.

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