American education : a history
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American education : a history
McGraw-Hill, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A core text for the history of education, this chronologically organized text presents the story of American education from precolonial times to the present. Comprehensive and well balanced, it presents each major period in the development of American education against the broader backdrop of national and world events.
Table of Contents
- Education in pre-colonial America - encountering Native American traditions
- colonization and cultural transplantation - 1607-1776
- education and the beginning of a new nation - 1776-1830
- the common man and the common school - 1820-1860
- education in the South - 1800-1900
- beginning a modern school system - 1865-1890
- organizing the modern school system - 1890-1915
- completing the modern school system - 1915-1929
- the effects of depression and war on American education - 1930-1946
- education during and after the crucial decade - 1945-1960
- the pursuit of equality - 1960-1980
- the pursuit of excellence - 1980-1992.
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