Old school still matters : lessons from history to reform public education in America / Brian L. Fife.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2013]Description: ix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780313398094 (hardback)
  • 0313398097 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 371.010973 23
LOC classification:
  • LA212 .F48 2013
Contents:
Horace Mann and the common school ideology -- The market-based ideology and politics of the conservative right -- Education and the politics of federalism -- Education and the politics of consumerism and conservatism -- Education in the early twenty-first century -- Citizenship in a republican form of government in the twenty-first century -- Education: a public good worth defending -- Blueprint for progressive reform.
Summary: "Can public schools in America be saved? This book considers theory, current practice, and the common school ideal through a historical lens to arrive at practical suggestions for reforming contemporary public education"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Please see the text file attached"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-322) and index.

"Can public schools in America be saved? This book considers theory, current practice, and the common school ideal through a historical lens to arrive at practical suggestions for reforming contemporary public education"-- Provided by publisher.

"Please see the text file attached"-- Provided by publisher.

Horace Mann and the common school ideology -- The market-based ideology and politics of the conservative right -- Education and the politics of federalism -- Education and the politics of consumerism and conservatism -- Education in the early twenty-first century -- Citizenship in a republican form of government in the twenty-first century -- Education: a public good worth defending -- Blueprint for progressive reform.

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