Schooling America : how the public schools meet the nation's changing needs / Patricia Albjerg Graham
- Bib ID:
- 3572449
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Graham, Patricia Albjerg
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Description:
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- Oxford University Press : New York, 2005
- xi, 273 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0195172221
- 9780195172225
- Summary:
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"In this informative volume, Patricia Graham offers a history of American education in the last century. Drawing on a wide array of sources, from government reports to colorful anecdotes, Graham 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." "Throughout the narrative, we meet the passionate educators, scholars, and journalists who drove particular agendas. We also meet Graham's own family, starting with her immigrant father's first day of school and moving through her experiences as a teacher." "The book provides invaluable background to the ongoing debate on education in the United States, an insightful look at what the public has sought from its educational institutions, what educators have delivered, and what remains to be done."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Assimilation : 1900-1920
- 2. Adjustment : 1920-1954
- 3. Access : 1954-1983
- 4. Achievement : 1983-present
- 5. Autonomy to accountability.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2005
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