Are there limits to federal involvement in K-12 education? What can the government really do well to improve schooling? Should it be involved at all? In this presidential election year, these and other educational hot topics are examined in Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons From a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools

Over the past fifty years, what have we learned about the nature of a smart, sensible federal role in K-12 schooling?

Today, increasing attention is being paid to the importance and rigor of education research, which includes data collection and case studies of teaching practices, student achievement, and education policy. The No Child Left Behind Act’s call for interventions based on “scientifically based research,” the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002,...

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From Brown v. Board of Education to “Bong Hits 4 Jesus,” the past fifty years have seen a striking rise in judicial supervision of education. From race to speech, from religion to school funding, from discipline to...