Urban education in the United States : a historical reader / edited by John L. Rury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rury, John L., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--United States--History.

Education, Urban.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 352 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave MacMillan, 2005.

Summary:

The development of schools in large cities is one of the most overlooked aspects of American education. Urban Education in the United States, the new collection from John L. Rury, introduces and highlights significant and classic essays dealing with urban schooling. Touching upon each of the country's principal geographic regions, Urban Education in the United States provides an introduction to critical themes in the history of city schools and frames each section with an overview of the major issues in urban education during particular periods in history. Students and teachers interested in urban schooling, the history of education, and American history will find Urban Education in the United States an essential resource for years to come.

Contents:

Contributors and Their Current Affiliations xiii

1 Introduction: The Changing Social Contours of Urban Education / John L. Rury 1

Part 1 The Origins of Urban School Systems 13

2 Common Schools before the "Common School Revival": New York Schooling in the 1790s / Carl F. Kaestle 17

3 The Origins of Public Education in Baltimore, 1825-1829 / Tina H. Sheller 37

4 Popular Education in Nineteenth Century St. Louis / Selwyn K. Troen 57

Part 2 Bureaucracy and Curricular Differentiation, 1870-1910 69

5 Bureaucracy and the Common School: The Example of Portland, Oregon, 1851-1913 / David Tyack 75

6 Urban Reform and the Schools: Kindergartens in Massachusetts, 1870-1915 / Marvin Lazerson 97

7 Progressivism and Curriculum Differentiation: Special Classes in the Atlanta Public Schools, 1898-1923 / Barry M. Franklin 119

Part 3 Policies and Politics in Urban Schools, 1900-1940 137

8 Taxation and Social Conflict: Teacher Unionism and Public School Finance in Chicago, 1898-1934 / Marjorie Murphy 143

9 Missing the Mark: Intelligence Testing in Los Angeles Public Schools, 1922-32 / Judith R. Raftery 159

10 The Politics of Educational Retrenchment in Detroit, 1929-1935 / Jeffrey Mirel 179

Part 4 The Postwar Era: 1945-1980 213

11 Race and the Politics of Chicago's Public Schools: Benjamin Willis and the Tragedy of Urban Education / John L. Rury 219

12 Bureaucratic Order and Special Children: Urban Schools, 1950s-1960s / Joseph L. Tropea 241

13 "The Community is Beginning to Rumble": The Origins of Chicano Educational Protest in Houston, 1965-1970 / Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. 257

Part 5 Urban School Reform in the Late Twentieth Century 275

14 After the Fall: Continuiry and Change in Detroit, 1981-1995 / Jeffrey Mirel 283

15 The Milwaukee Voucher Experiment / John F. Witte 309

16 High Stakes in Chicago / Brian Jacob 333

Epilogue: The Uncertain Future of Urban Education 341.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403967776

1403967784

OCLC:

56591016