Parents and Schools
Subtitle: The 150-Year Struggle for Control in American Education
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: June 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780226132167
Subjects: Organization & management of education; Schools; Social history; Teaching skills & techniques; History Of Education; Parents And Education; Education; Education / Teaching; USA; History; Education / Parent Participation; 19th century; 20th century; Home and school; Parent Participation; United States
First sentence: In the spring of 1840, the eminent American educator Emma Hart Willard became the superintendent of common schools in Kensington, Connecticut.
Description: "Who holds ultimate authority for the education of America's children - teachers or parents? Although the relationship between home and school has changed dramatically over the decades, William Cutler's history argues that it has always been a political one, and his book uncovers for the first time how and why the balance of power has shifted over time."--BOOK JACKET.