What impact did the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) have on the relationship between the federal and state governments in education?
a. The Court infused the federal government into education by contending that national education problems demand national solutions.
b. The Court required that the federal government would be the primary funding source for education.
c. The ruling mandated creation of the U.S. Department of Education.
d. Since the case highlighted that the federal government was ineffective in enforcing desegregation, the role was passed to state governments.
e. The Court required that the two levels of government must cooperate equally in providing educational services.
Question 2
Education has traditionally been whose responsibility in the U.S.?
a. Until the second half of the twentieth century, most education was church-centered.
b. City and county governments are primarily responsible for education policy and funding.
c. The federal government determines educational policy but leaves total funding to the state governments.
d. Historically education has been a state and local government responsibility, minimizing the federal role.
e. The federal government has always assumed primary oversight of public education.
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