The school in the United States : a documentary history
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The school in the United States : a documentary history
Routledge, 2010
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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First published: New York : McGraw-Hill, 2001
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-407) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this second edition of The School in the United States: A Documentary History, James W. Fraser once again provides the essential primary documents for a study of the history of education in the United States. Consisting of expertly-chosen excerpts from important educational documents from the colonial era to the present, this updated edition features:
Additional material on Noah Webster's Speller, McGuffey's Reader, debates over black education during Reconstruction
A new chapter on the emergence of high school and the role of vocational education
A new chapter on Education in the Era of No Child Left Behind
Over a dozen black and white photos to further enhance students' experience with the texts
Each chapter begins with an introduction that places the selections into context and provides the necessary background to the issues being discussed. Comprehensive enough to be used as a main text, but brief enough to be used alongside another, The School in the United States remains an ideal resource and textbook for any student and teacher of the history of education in the United States.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The School in Colonial America, 1620-1770
2. The American Revolution and Schools for the New Republic, 1770-1820
3. The Common School Movement, 1820-1860
4: Schooling Moves West, 1835-1860
5: Slavery, Reconstruction, and the Schools of the South, 1820-1937
6: The Emergence of the High School, 1821-1959
7: Growth and Diversity in Schools and Students, 1880-1960
8: The Progressive Era, 1890-1950
9: Schools in the Cold War Era, 1950-1970
10: Civil Rights, Integration, and School Reform, 1954-1980
11: Rights and Opportunities in American Education, 1965-1980
12: Reform Efforts of the 1980s and 1990s
13: Education in the Era of No Child Left Behind, 2001-2009
Bibliography: For Further Reading
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