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Today, American education faces a crisis. It is not too extreme to say that public education hangs in the balance. Anyone who has read the history of American education knows that there have always been critics. But they...
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Profiles William Chandler Bagley, an educator and dissident who got branded a "reactionary" for insisting, 75 years ago, that all children should have access to a liberal education, regardless of their IQ. Bagley warned ...
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The transformation of public education between 1945 and 1980 is assessed. Issues highlighted are school desegregation, federal funding and the state-federal influence, developments in the teaching profession, the growth ...
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Reviews judicial decisions on equal education since the early 1950s. Focuses particularly on the Brown case and roles played by the NAACP and other Black interest groups. Discusses American attitudes toward racial integr...
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This book is a comprehensive history of American education from 1945 to 1980--its social and political context, the influences that shaped educational policy, and the effects of those policies on schools and colleges. Ch...
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Presents evidence indicating that the liberal social policies of the 1960s have had a significant impact on the representation of Blacks in higher education and on the upward socioeconomic mobility of Blacks. (IRT)...