Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index
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History and policy -- Clashing interests and clashing ideas : myths, pluralism, and the educational industrial complex -- The Obama education agenda-the personal is educational -- No Child Left Behind and the policy context of the Obama education agenda -- Race to the top : introducing competition for federal dollars with Daniel H. Bowen -- Common core standards : developmental, redistributional, and contentious -- Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act : challenging education industrial complex -- Moving forward : four trends remaking public schooling and how the Obama administration manages the changes