Lyndon Baines Johnson and George W. Bush on Education Reform

Ascribing Agency and Responsibility through Key Policy Terms

Bibliographic Data

ID12465345
AuthorsRobert Asen (corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume15
Issue2
Pages289-317
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueRhetoric and Public Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-8392 • E-ISSN: 1534-5238
PublisherMichigan State University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/41940574
OpenAlexW335133414
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited12

This article explores Lyndon Baines Johnsons and George W. Bushs use of key policy terms to justify their education policies. President Johnson foregrounded the key policy term of "opportunity," whereas President Bush emphasized the term "accountability." Conveying a confident, forward-looking view of society opportunity charged the federal government with distributing educational resources among local communities. Replacing confidence with skepticism, accountability shifted the federal role from providing inputs to insisting on outcomes. Accountability situated the federal government as the ultimate authority that set educational standards and determined if local communities met them

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