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Framing convergence / Christopher P. Loss and Patrick J. McGuinn -- Governance as a source of sector convergence in a changing sociopolitical landscape / Kevin J. Dougherty and Jeffrey R. Henig -- From helping the poor to helping the middle class: the convergence of federal K-12 and higher education funding policy since 1965 / Adam R. Nelson and Nicholas M. Strohl -- Individuality or community?: bringing assessment and accountability to K-16 education / Arnold F. Shober -- Teacher policy under the ESEA and the HEA: a convergent trajectory with an unclear future / Dan Goldhaber and Nate Brown -- Institutional assessment and accountability / Luciana Dar -- College for all and the convergence of high school and community college / James Rosenbaum, Caitlin Ahearn, Chenny Ng, and Jiffy Lansing -- College access and opportunity / Donnell Butler -- Preparing students for college: common core and the promises and challenges of convergence / Josipa Roksa -- Technology and education in the United States: policy, infrastructure, and sociomaterial practice / June Ahn and Bradley Quarles -- Going global: how US K-16 education is shaped by "the rest of the world" / Cynthia Miller-Idriss -- The future of convergence / Patrick J. McGuinn and Christopher P. Loss.

Introduction : federal education policy in historical perspective -- The politics of policy regimes -- The early federal role in education to 1988 : ESEA and the equity regime -- From devolution to national goals in education : George H.W. Bush and America 2000, 1988-1992 -- Laying the foundation for a new accountability regime : Clinton, the 1992 presidential election, and Goals 2000, 1992-1994 -- Showdown : the conservative assault on the federal role in education, 1994-1996 -- Stalemate : the Republican retreat on education and the search for a new consensus, 1996-2000 -- Maneuver : George W. Bush, the 2000 election, and the new politics of education -- Convergence : the No Child Left Behind Act and the new federal education policy regime, 2001-2005 -- Conclusion : education, swing issues, and contemporary American politics -- Appendix. Interviews conducted for this study

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