Essays

Collective Panic

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Collective Panic.” EducationNext 15, no. 1 (Winter 2015).

Script Doctors

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Script Doctors” EducationNext 14, no. 4 (Fall 2014).

Bayou Backdown?

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Bayou Backdown?” EducationNext 14, no. 3 (Summer 2014).

Ballots Not Barristers

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Ballots Not Barristers.” EducationNext 14, no. 2 (Spring 2014).

Paycheck Protection

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Paycheck Protection.” EducationNext 14, no. 1 (Winter 2014).

More School Dollars!

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “More School Dollars!” EducationNext 13, no. 4 (Fall 2013).

Digital Discipline

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Digital Discipline.” EducationNext 13, no. 3 (Summer 2013).

Desegregation Redux

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Desegregation Redux.” EducationNext 13, no. 2 (Spring 2013).

Can Carrots Become Sticks?

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Can Carrots Become Sticks?” EducationNext 13, no. 1 (Winter 2013).

Title IX at Trial

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Title IX at Trial.” EducationNext 12, no. 4 (Fall 2012).

Door Still Closed

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Door Still Closed.” EducationNext 12, no. 3 (Summer 2012).

Mickey Mouse Strikes Back

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Mickey Mouse Strikes Back.” EducationNext 12, no. 2 (Spring 2012).

Lawyers’ Ethics in Decline

– Derthick, Martha. “Lawyers’ Ethics in Decline.” In The Foundations of Organizational Evil, edited by Carole L. Jurkiewicz. New York: Routledge, 2012.

Budget Buster

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Budget Buster.” EducationNext 12, no. 1 (Winter 2012).

Trouble in Kansas

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Trouble in Kansas.” EducationNext 11, no. 4 (Fall 2011).

Though Shalt Not Say Jesus

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Though Shalt Not Say Jesus.” EducationNext 11, no. 3 (Summer 2011).

The Ninth Circuit v. Reality

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “The Ninth Circuit v. Reality.” EducationNext 11, no. 2 (Spring 2011).

No Federal Case

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “No Federal Case.” EducationNext 10, no. 3 (Summer 2010).

Strange Bedfellows

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Strange Bedfellows.” EducationNext 10, no. 2 (Spring 2010).

Compensatory Federalism

– Derthick, Martha. “Compensatory Federalism.” In Greenhouse Governance: Addressing Climate Change in America, edited by Barry G. Rabe. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2010.

Supreme Modesty

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Supreme Modesty.” EducationNext 10, no. 1 (Winter 2010).

Timeout

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Timeout.” EducationNext 9, no. 2 (Spring 2009).

Litigation under No Child Left Behind

– Derthick, Martha. “Litigation under No Child Left Behind.” In From Schoolhouse to Courthouse: The Judiciary’s Role in American Education, edited by Joshua M. Dunn and Martin R. West. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2009.

Language Barriers

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Language Barriers.” EducationNext 9, no. 1 (Winter 2009).

Home Schoolers Strike Back

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Home Schoolers Strike Back.” EducationNext 8, no. 4 (Fall 2008).

Court Jousters

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Court Jousters.” EducationNext 8, no. 3 (Summer 2008).

Free and Appropriate

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Free and Appropriate.” EducationNext 8, no. 2 (Spring 2008).

Federalism

– Derthick, Martha. “Federalism.” In Understanding America, edited by Peter H. Schuck and James Q. Wilson. New York: Public Affairs, 2008.

Doubtful Jurisprudence

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Doubtful Jurisprudence.” EducationNext 8, no. 1 (Winter 2008).

Where Federalism Didn’t Fail

– Derthick, Martha. “Where Federalism Didn’t Fail.” Public Administration Review 67, special issue (December 2007).

The Enforcers

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “The Enforcers.” EducationNext 7, no. 4 (Fall 2007).

Adequately Fatigued

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Adequately Fatigued.” EducationNext 7, no. 3 (Summer 2007).

Courts and Choice

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Courts and Choice.” EducationNext 7, no. 2 (Spring 2007).

Adequacy Litigation and the Separation of Powers

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua M. Dunn. “Adequacy Litigation and the Separation of Powers.” In School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy, edited by Paul Peterson and Martin West. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2007.

Affirmative Action Docketed

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Affirmative Action Docketed.” EducationNext 7, no. 1 (Winter 2007).

Virtual Legality

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Virtual Legality.” EducationNext 6, no. 4 (Fall 2006).

Florida Grows a Lemon

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “Florida Grows a Lemon.” EducationNext 6, no. 3 (Summer 2006).

A Setback in Dover

– Derthick, Martha, and Joshua Dunn. “A Setback in Dover.” EducationNext 6, no. 2 (Spring 2006).

Riding the Third Rail: Social Security Reform

– Derthick, Martha, and Steven M. Teles. “Riding the Third Rail: Social Security Reform.” In The Reagan Presidency: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies, edited by W. Elliot Brownlee and Hugh Davis Graham. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2003.

Giants Roam the Earth

– Derthick, Martha. “Giants Roam the Earth.” Review of High and Mighty: SUV’s—The World’s Most Dangerous Vehicles and How they Got that Way, by Keith Bradsher. Claremont Review of Books 3, no. 3 (Summer 2003).

The Hunt for Big Tobacco

– Derthick, Martha. “The Hunt for Big Tobacco.” Review of A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry, by David Kessler. Claremont Review of Books 1, no. 3 (Spring 2001).

The Evolving Old Politics of Social Security

– Derthick, Martha. “The Evolving Old Politics of Social Security.” In Seeking the Center: Politics and Policymaking at the New Century, edited by Martin A. Levin, Marc K. Landy, and Martin Shapiro. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2001.

Federalism and the Politics of Tobacco

– Derthick, Martha. “Federalism and the Politics of Tobacco.” Publius 31, no. 1 (Winter 2001).
Late in 1998, the United States acquired a new regime of tobacco control engineered by the states’ attorneys general. Nearly all of them had filed lawsuits against the major cigarette manufacturers, allegedly with the aim of recouping Medicaid costs… More

The States in American Federalism: The Paradox of the Middle Tier

– Derthick, Martha. “The States in American Federalism: The Paradox of the Middle Tier.” In National Health Reform: What Should the State Role Be?, edited by Forrest P. Chisman, Lawrence D. Brown, and Pamela J. Larson. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Social Insurance, 1994.

The Structural Protections of American Federalism

– Derthick, Martha. “The Structural Protections of American Federalism.” In North American and Comparative Federalism: Essays for the 1990s, edited by Harry N. Scheiber. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992.

Why the Regulators Chose to Deregulate

– Derthick, Martha, and Paul J. Quirk. “Why the Regulators Chose to Deregulate.” In Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences, edited by Roger G. Noll. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985.    

Review of “The Role of the Military in Underdeveloped Countries”

– Derthick, Martha. Review of The Role of the Military in Underdeveloped Countries, by John J. Johnson; Arms and Politics in Latin America, by Edwin Lieuwen; The Egyptian Army in Politics: Pattern for New Nations?, by P. J. Vatikiotis. Journal of Conflict Resolution 6, no. 4 (December 1962).