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Indlæser... School: The Story of American Public Educationaf Sarah Mondale, Sheila Curran Bernard, Sarah B. Patton (Redaktør)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This is an excellent book that I had as a textbook for a college course about education. The book follows a PBS special and gives the history behind education (in general.) The text is easy to follow and the pictures are appropriate. The book really tells the "story" of education (rather than being bland and just giving facts.) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Esteemed historians of education David Tyack, Carl Kaestle, Diane Ravitch, James Anderson, and Larry Cuban journey through history and across the nation to recapture the idealism of our education pioneers, Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann. We learn how, in the first quarter of the twentieth century, massive immigration, child labor laws, and the explosive growth of cities fueled school attendance and transformed public education, and how in the 1950s public schools became a major battleground in the fight for equality for minorities and women. The debate rages on- Do today's reforms challenge our forebears' notion of a common school for all Americans? Or are they our only recourse today? This lavishly illustrated companion book to the acclaimed PBS documentary, School,is essential reading for anyone who cares about public education. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)370.973Social sciences Education Education History, geographic treatment, biography North America United StatesLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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The history of the public school is interesting, but as soon as the state(s) made it mandatory and took the rights away from the parents it was never "right" in any form.
The book offers a lot of what happened, what didn't work, no why and toward the end it talked about schools trying new alternatives to teaching, but again, the political opinion in the book is skewed and offering a $25k voucher for every kid isn't the answer.
The public schools are already too concerned about the funding and not putting the students as the top priority.
Isn't that what a school should be about? The students? ( )