History of education in America / John D. Pulliam.

Introduction: Applying History to Education Today
History and Purposes of Educational History
Intellectual Background
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis
History in Action in Today's Classrooms
Modern Educational Philosophies: Shaping the Schools
Introduction to Educational Philosophy
Schools of Educational Philosophy
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis
History in Action in Today's Classrooms
American Education: Our European Heritage and the Colonial Influence
Colonial Melting Pot
Religious Sectarianism
Social Class in the Colonial Environment
The Southern Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The New England Colonies
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis
History in Action in Today's Classrooms
American Education: The American Revolution
Democratic Ideals
Changes in Colonial Culture
The Shift in the Colonial Mind
Colonial Liberalism
Educational Changes in the Later Colonial Period
The War and After
Efforts of Educational Founders
Revolutionary Period Educational Leadership
Early Government Proposals
Other Educational Movements
School Ideas and the Curriculum
Gaining Perspective Through Critical Analysis
History in Action in Today's Classrooms
American Education: 1812-1865
Social, Political, and Economic Trends
The Age of the Common School Revival
Birth of the American High School
Higher Education Before the Civil War
American Educational Leadership
European Influences.