See government grow: education politics from Johnson to Reagan

Abstract

Race, religion, and reds -- Making history : the passage of ESEA -- Putting down roots, 1965-1968 -- How much? budget battles, 1969-1977 -- Ending massive resistance : the federal government and southern school desegregation, 1964-1970 -- Education reform in the Nixon administration : the case of bilingual education -- Transforming special education : the genesis of the Education For All Handicapped Children Act -- Compensatory education through the courts : the politics of school finance -- Teacher power : Carter, NEA, and the creation of the Department of Education -- Education and the Reagan revolution