American school reform : progressive, equity, and excellence movements, 1883-1993

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American school reform : progressive, equity, and excellence movements, 1883-1993

Maurice R. Berube

Praeger, 1994

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-148) and index

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Volume

: hard ISBN 9780275950361

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Berube analyzes the three great educational reform movements in the United States. He shows how they have been shaped by outside societal forces: Progressive Education was an offshoot of the Progressive Movement; Equity Reform in the 1960s was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement; Excellence Reform in the last decade was a response to foreign economic competition. Within each matrix, common characteristics of each movement emerge. Progressive Education with its emphasis on critical thinking and child-centered schools set the stage for what was to follow. Equity Reform sought to complete the unfinished agenda of Progressive Education in educating the poor. Excellence Reform repudiated both in the name of higher standards and content-specific curriculums. The emergence of sophisticated educational research since the 1960s has influenced educational policy to be more research-based. Berube provides a necessary overview of the great movements in school reform over the last century.

Table of Contents

Preface The Progressive Movement Progressive Education: The Matrix of It All John Dewey: America's Educational Philosopher The Civil Rights Movement and Equity Reform Community Control Revisited The Drift to Privatization The School Culture Wars Conclusion Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780275951603

Description

Berube analyzes the three great educational reform movements in the United States. He shows how they have been shaped by outside societal forces: Progressive Education was an offshoot of the Progressive Movement; Equity Reform in the 1960s was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement; Excellence Reform in the last decade was a response to foreign economic competition. Within each matrix, common characteristics of each movement emerge. Progressive Education with its emphasis on critical thinking and child-centered schools set the stage for what was to follow. Equity Reform sought to complete the unfinished agenda of Progressive Education in educating the poor. Excellence Reform repudiated both in the name of higher standards and content-specific curriculums. The emergence of sophisticated educational research since the 1960s has influenced educational policy to be more research-based. Berube provides a necessary overview of the great movements in school reform over the last century.

Table of Contents

Preface The Progressive Movement Progressive Education: The Matrix of It All John Dewey: America's Educational Philosopher The Civil Rights Movement and Equity Reform Community Control Revisited The Drift to Privatization The School Culture Wars Conclusion Bibliography Index

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