The State Education Standard
Vol. 3, No. 2
Spring 2002

Feature Articles:
Pulling in Many Directions: A Short History of Education Governance in America

by Lynn Olson
Where we have come from and the education governance "muddle" we are in today, by one of Education Week's leading writers.
 

The New State Politics of Education

by Michael D. Usdan
How the growing influence of governors and the business community has changed the governance and politics of education.

Do School District Takeovers Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of City and State Takeovers as a School Reform Strategy

by Kenneth K. Wong and Francis X. Shen
The use of district takeovers as an accountability and reform tool has grown dramatically, but research on its effectiveness is still limited. The authors provide new data and analysis that can help shape policy discussions.
 

Stricter Federal Demands, Bigger State Role: What to Expect from the No Child Left Behind Act

by Jack Jennings
The latest elementary-secondary reauthorization dramatically changes the federal role in education. A long-time insider of Washington's education scene provides his perspective.
 

Effective Legislature-State Board Partnerships Needed

by Ron Cowell
Exploring the sometimes rocky relations between these policymaking bodies and offers suggestions for improving their partnership in overseeing state education systems.

Charter School Districts

by Paul T. Hill
How a governance model in which school districts are made up entirely of semi-autonomous charter schools can bring advantages both to individual schools and to boards of education.

Departments:
Editor's Note

Executive Summary
by NASBE Executive Director Brenda Welburn

State Education Governance at a Glance
NASBE's compilation of the key features of each state's education governance structure

Washington Notebook
Surveying the federal education scene

Judicial Review
by Kevin McDowell
Does Non-Accredited and Non-Public Equal Non-Entity? Home-Schooling Governance Issues between State and Local Agencies.

The Policy Wonk
by Virginia Roach
The art of state education policymaking