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The American school : from the Puritans to No Child Left Behind / Joel Spring.
LIBRA LA205 .S64 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spring, Joel H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
- United States.
- Education and state--United States--History.
- Education and state.
- Public schools.
- History.
- Education--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Education.
- Education--Social aspects.
- Education--United States--History.
- Public schools--United States--History.
- Educational change--United States--History.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 494, I-22 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Seventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2008]
- Summary:
- This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. The point of view taken by this text emphasizes 1) the role of multiculturalism and cultural domination in shaping U.S. schools, 2) the position of the school as one of many institutions that manage the distribution of ideas in society, 3) racism as a central issue in U.S. history and U.S. educational history, and 4) economic issues as an important factor in understanding the evolution of U.S. schools.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780073525891
- 0073525898
- OCLC:
- 182583673
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