America's public schools
Subtitle: from the common school to "No Child Left Behind"
By: William J. Reese
Edition: Updated ed.
Series: The American moment; American moment
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9781421400167; 9781421400174
Subjects: Educational change; Public schools; Education and state; History
Description: In this update to his landmark publication, William J. Reese offers a comprehensive examination of the trends, theories, and practices that have shaped America's public schools over the last two centuries. A thoroughly revised epilogue outlines the significant challenges to public school education within the last five years. Reese analyzes the shortcomings of "No Child Left Behind" and the continued disjuncture between actual school performance and the expectations of government officials. He discusses the intrusive role of corporations, economic models for enticing better teacher performance, the continued impact of conservatism, and the growth of home schooling and charter schools. --From the publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-353) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the common school; title: Postbellum America and the common school; title: The "new education"; title: Democracy, efficiency, and school expansion; title: A democracy of differences; title: The people's college; title: Rising expectations and raising standards; title: Guardians of tradition; title: The fate of the high school.