School, society, and state
Subtitle: a new education to govern modern America, 1890-1940
By: Tracy L. Steffes
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780226772097
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Educational sociology; School management and organization; Education and state; Democracy and education; Educational change; Schools; Compulsory Education; Centralization; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Urban school reform, professionalization, and the science of education; title: The rural school problem and the complexities of national reform; title: Redefining state responsibility in education; title: Public interest and parental authority in the compulsory school; title: Creating citizens and workers: curriculum reform and the aims of education in a democracy; title: Conclusion: School, society, and state.