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.


ANS: A

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