Front-Page Coverage in the Twentieth Century

Abstract

It took centuries before education policy turned into the unquestioned prerogative of the modern state that we are used to today. As a means of integrating the nation-state through culture and ideology and a key tool for improving political power and legitimacy, and fuelling and stimulating economic growth via human capital investment, education policy denotes a core element of the state’s sovereignty and autonomy. The assumed potential of education to improve human and social development has made education policy increasingly important within the spectrum of national policy fields. The expansion of the education state was driven forward by economic, political, and cultural powers.