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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act at Fifty: A Changing Federal Role in American Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Adam R. Nelson
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Abstract

For this first History of Education Quarterly Policy Forum, we invited participants in the special Plenary Session at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the History of Education Society (HES) in St Louis to publish their remarks on the historical significance of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) at fifty. Organized and introduced by HES vice-president and program chair Adam R. Nelson, the session consisted of presentations by three expert panelists from the fields of History and African American Studies, American Law and Politics, and Political Science and Public Policy: Crystal Sanders of Penn State University, Doug Reed of Georgetown University, and Susan Moffitt of Brawn University, respectively. What follows are the texts of Adam Nelson's introductory remarks—including his introduction of the three panelists—followed by the panelists' remarks.

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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , May 2016 , pp. 358 - 361
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Copyright © 2016 History of Education Society 

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References

1 Lyndon, B. Johnson's Remarks on Signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965, vol. 1, entry 181 (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1966), 412–14. Also available at http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/timeline/johnsonsremarks-on-signing-the-elementary-and-secondary-education-act.Google Scholar

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