The Fall of Accountability: Federal Education Politics in an Era of Backlash and Polarization

• In Event: Politics of K-12 Education

Brief Overview

During the last decade, with new and rising challenges for educational outcomes, how has the politics of education at the federal level changed? What happened to the bipartisan support for standards-based accountability and what has replaced it?

Authors

• Sarah Reckhow, Michigan State University

• Alexandra Jade Stinson-Swartout, Michigan State University

• Drayton Willey, Michigan State University