Sixties legacy : a history of the public alternative schools movement, 1967-2001 / Richard Neumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neumann, Richard, 1952-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

History of schools and schooling ; v. 33.

History of schools and schooling ; v. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative schools--United States--History--20th century.

Alternative schools.

Public schools--United States--History--20th century.

Public schools.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

History of the public alternative schools movement, 1967-2001

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Landscape of the Sixties 9

Chapter 2 Paradigm Construction and the Bridge of Ideas: Influences on the Early Alternative Schools Movement 47

Chapter 3 Emergence of a Movement 73

Chapter 4 The Alternative Schools Movement Goes Public 105

Chapter 5 Toward a System of Diversified, High-Quality Education: 1973-1979 129

Chapter 6 The Educational Imagination 141

Chapter 7 Assessment of the Public Alternative Schools Movement: The 1970s 179

Chapter 8 The 1980s and 1990s 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-276) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

082046354X

OCLC:

51265999