Fife, Brian L. <br/><br/>
Old school still matters :  lessons from history to reform public education in America / 
Brian L. Fife. 
 - ix, 331 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-322) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"--  "Please see the text file attached"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780313398094 (hardback) 0313398097 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013010545 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public schools--History.--United States<br/>Education--History.--United States<br/>Educational change--History.--United States<br/>EDUCATION / History.<br/>EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.<br/>Education.<br/>Educational change.<br/>Public schools.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA212  / .F48 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.010973