ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the relationship between federal and state control of schools. There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution about education; consequently, it is a responsibility given to state governments. State constitutions and laws contain provisions for creating and regulating public schools. However, in recent years the federal government has exercised dramatic control over schools by funding No Child Left Behind and the Race to the Top section of the American Recovery and Reinvest - ment Act of 2009. Resulting from these laws were highly controversial requirements for testing students, calls for using student test scores to evaluate teachers, the Common Core State Standards, and efforts to create student data systems.
