| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction ─the US High Quality Education | 第9-10页 |
| 1 Historical Review | 第10-19页 |
| ·Founding Fathers | 第10-13页 |
| ·Federal Role ─Junior Partner | 第13-15页 |
| ·E ducation Mechanism ─Principle Players in Education | 第15-19页 |
| ·The State Education Mechanism | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Local School District | 第17-19页 |
| 2 The Transformation of Federal Role in Education | 第19-26页 |
| ·the 18th and 19th centuries | 第19-21页 |
| ·From the Early 19th Century to the 1960s | 第21-23页 |
| ·The 1960s and 1970s | 第23-24页 |
| ·Since the 1980s | 第24-26页 |
| 3 Basic Reasons: Why the Federal Intervened in Education | 第26-35页 |
| ·promoting democracy | 第27-29页 |
| ·Ensuring Equal Access to Education | 第29-31页 |
| ·Enhancing National Productivity | 第31-33页 |
| ·Strengthening National Defense | 第33-35页 |
| 4 Factors Constraining Federal Role in Education | 第35-39页 |
| ·the Conservative Viewpoint | 第35-37页 |
| ·the Liberal Viewpoint | 第37-38页 |
| ·Tender Role | 第38-39页 |
| 5 Case Study: Sputnik-spurred Education Reform | 第39-44页 |
| ·Reaction by the Federal Government | 第40-43页 |
| ·The National Defense Education Act | 第41-42页 |
| ·The School Curriculum Reform Movement | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Outcome & Impact | 第43-44页 |
| Conclusion | 第44-47页 |
| Note | 第47-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-53页 |
