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To get a better school system : one hundred years of education reform in Texas / Gene B. Preuss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Preuss, Gene B., 1966-
- Series:
- Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 111.
- Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 111
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational change--Texas--History.
- Educational change.
- Education and state--Texas--History.
- Education and state.
- Minorities--Education--Texas--History.
- Minorities.
- Education, Rural--Texas--History.
- Education, Rural.
- Gilmer-Aiken laws, 1949.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Gene B. Preuss examines not only the public policy wrangling and historical context leading up to and surrounding the Gilmer-Akin legislation, but also places the discussion in the milieu of the national movement for school reform.
- Contents:
- Retreat and recovery in Texas schools, 1850-1900
- Progressive reforms in Texas schools
- Minorities in Texas schools, 1920-1949
- World War II and Texas rural schools
- The Gilmer-Aikin laws.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-137) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05395-5
- 1-60344-374-6
- OCLC:
- 680622542
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