President Ronald Reagan

President Ronald Reagan Not only did the federal government outdo itself with the ESEA in 1965, but Carl Kaestle1 claims that between 1957 and 1978 the trajectory of federal intervention in education was generally upward even though the road was bumpy. However, all...

President William J Clinton

President William J Clinton In this post I will show how the Clinton administration continued along the path laid out by the Charlottesville meeting which had adopted the push for standards and sought to obtain excellence for all students. In enacting the Improving...

President Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon The presidential administration of Richard Nixon could be considered the most active since World War II in terms of a steadily expanding role in public education. But his focus was welfare reform. To assist with his education program President...