Analytical essay example
Designating Control
- Subject
- Education
- Type
- Analytical essay
- Citation style
- APA 6
- Length
- 7 pages
About this sample
The paper examines how control of public education in the United States has shifted among local, state, and federal governments over time. It traces the historical dominance of locally elected school boards, the state-level reassertion of control from the 1980s, and the expanding federal role through Title I, ESEA, and No Child Left Behind. It then turns to public opinion on which level of government should hold authority over schools.
- Local control of public schools
- State control and education policy
- Federal role in education
- No Child Left Behind
- Public opinion on education governance
How it opens
Since time in memorial, educational governance in the United States was mainly provided by 90,000 locally elected representatives that were on almost 15,000 school boards (Lynch, 2016). Although states are legally accountable for public education, the governing of schools has been left to local officials. In the 80's, states started to reaffirm their control of education policy. Currently, the federal government has extended its function in education through programs such as Race to the Top and NCLB (No Child Left Behind) (Lynch, 2016). Moreover, modern discourses and disagreements concerning the reauthorization of NCLB prove that continued disintegration of local control might be impending. Backing these changes, some contend that the local control of educational issues is an old practice requiring considerable revisions. However, with the federal and state policy creators' persistence to enhance their participation in education policy, the central debate is whether the public would support the changes.
From the historical foundations of the United States, states, on the whole, gave accountability of controlling public education to local officials. A significant shift was experienced in the 80's when states started to regain control of educational concerns (Lynch, 2016).
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