About the Author

Carl F. Kaestle is University Professor of Education, History, and Public Policy at Brown University whose books include Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools in American Society, 1780-1860 and Literacy in the United States: Readers and Reading since 1880. Alyssa E. Lodewick, formerly assistant director of the Advanced Studies Fellowship Program at Brown, is vice president of the Urban League in southern Connecticut.

Reviews

A rich and illuminating book on various aspects of national educational policy and politics from a stellar cast of promising young historians and social scientists, deftly organized into a coherent volume by Kaestle. Robert Schwartz, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education ""A must-read for those who are either enamored or skeptical of further concentrating state and federal authority over schooling in the U.S."" Larry Cuban, coauthor of Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform ""An exceptional book."" Gordon Ambach, former New York State Education Commissioner

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