America's public schools : from the common school to "No Child Left Behind" / William J. Reese.
2005
LA212 .R423 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
America's public schools : from the common school to "No Child Left Behind" / William J. Reese.
Author
Reese, William J., 1951-
ISBN
080188196X (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801881951 (alk. paper)
0801881951 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
xii, 355 p. ; 23 cm.
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LA212 .R423 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.01/0973/09
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-346) and index.
Series
American moment
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The origins of the common school
Postbellum America and the common schools
The "new education"
Democracy, efficiency, and school expansion
A democracy of differences
The people's college
Rising expectations and raising standards
Guardians of tradition
The fate of the high school.
Postbellum America and the common schools
The "new education"
Democracy, efficiency, and school expansion
A democracy of differences
The people's college
Rising expectations and raising standards
Guardians of tradition
The fate of the high school.