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Schooling America : how the public schools meet the nation's changing needs / Patricia Albjerg Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Patricia Albjerg.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--United States--History--20th century.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on a wide array of sources, from government reports to colorful anecdotes, Graham skillfully illustrates Americans' changing demands for our schools, and how schools have responded by providing what critics want, though never as completely or as quickly as they would like.
- Contents:
- Assimilation : 1900-1920
- Adjustment : 1920-1954
- Access : 1954-1983
- Achievement : 1983-present
- Autonomy to accountability
- Shifting assignments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references p. (257-263) and index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029146-X
- 0-19-756248-5
- 1-280-53456-7
- 0-19-803844-5
- 0-19-518430-0
- OCLC:
- 228145218
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