The school in the United States : a documentary history /

The School in the United States collects a wide range of essential primary documents of the history of education in the United States, from colonial America to present-day reform efforts. Expertly chosen by historian and education scholar James Fraser, these documents incorporate many different sour...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fraser, James W., 1944- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2019]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The school in Colonial America, 1620-1770
  • The American Revolution and schools for the new republic, 1770-1820
  • The common school movement, 1820-1860
  • Schooling moves West, 1835-1860
  • Slavery, Reconstruction, and the schools of the South, 1820-1937
  • The emergence of the high school, 1821-1959
  • Growth and diversity in schools and students, 1880-1960
  • The progressive era, 1890-1950
  • Schools in the Cold War era, 1950-1970
  • Civil rights, integrations, and school reform, 1954-1980
  • Rights, opportunities, and limits in American education, 1965-1980
  • Reform efforts of the 1980s and 1990s and the new century, 1980-2005
  • Curriculum, technology, and new tensions, 2005-2018.