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Education Policy: Research: Historical Overview:

Federal Education Policy and the States, 1945-2009

Introduction

Education - Growing Federal Role

Federal Aid to Education, 1785-1900

Federal Aid to Education, 1900-1940

Federal Education Policy, 1940s

The Federal Role and the States

 

Footnotes: The PDF version of this essay contains extensive footnotes that include numerous citations and supplementary text. For ease of reading, the footnotes are omitted from this version.

Organizations: Links to many of the organizations mentioned in this essay.

 

 

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