Contents
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act at Fifty: Aspirations, Effects, and Limitations - David A. Gamson, Kathryn A. McDermott, and Douglas S. Reed
Part I. Consequences of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESEA and the Civil Rights Act: An Interbranch Approach to Furthering Desegregation - Erica Frankenberg and Kendra Taylor
Follow the Money: School Spending from Title I to Adult Earnings - Rucker C. Johnson
Schooling the State: ESEA and the Evolution of the U.S. Department of Education - Patrick McGuinn
Part II. Limitations and Proposals for Change
Getting to Sesame Street? Fifty Years of Federal Compensatory Education - Gloria Ladson-Billings
Charting the Relationship of English Learners and the ESEA: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - Patricia Gándara
The Quest for a Targeted and Effective Title I ESEA: Challenges in Designing and Implementing Fiscal Compliance Rules - Nora Gordon and Sarah Reber
The Shift from Adequacy to Equity in Federal Education Policymaking: A Proposal for How ESEA Could Reshape the State Role in Education Finance - Eric A. Houck and Elizabeth DeBray
Part III. ESEA Policy Instruments and Their Future
Stability and Change in Title I Testing Policy - Lorraine M. McDonnell
The State of Title I: Developing the Capability to Support Instructional Improvement - Susan L. Moffitt and David K. Cohen