Democracy and Schooling in California [electronic resource] : The Legacy of Helen Heffernan and Corinne Seeds /
Weiler, K.author.
This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Working girls of the golden west -- The child and the curriculum -- Dare the school build a new social order? -- Was progressive education progressive? -- Love and war -- Prejudice -- The battle of Westwood Hills -- Exporting democracy/defending democracy -- Progressive education is subverting America -- How to teach the California child -- Epilogue: the long retreat from democratic education.
This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.
Heffernan, Helen, 1896-
Seeds, Corinne A. (Corinne Aldine), 1889-1969.
Education—History.
Gender identity in education.
Sociology.
America—History.
Democracy.
United States—History.
History of Education.
Gender and Education.
Gender Studies.
History of the Americas.
Democracy.
US History.