School Board Battles
Subtitle: The Christian Right in Local Politics (Religion and Politics Series (Georgetown University).)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781589010017
Subjects: Local government; Organization & management of education; Religion in the public schools; Education / Teaching; Education; Kansas; Religion, Politics & State; Administration - General; Reference; Christians; Political activity; School board members; United States
First sentence: The first public schools-started more than 350 years ago when Massachusetts became the first colony to establish compulsory education for all children, in 1642-were founded on religious principles (Berkeley and Fox 1978).