Education In America

Author : Kimberly A. Goyette
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780520285101

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Education in America by Kimberly A. Goyette Pdf

"Education in America introduces readers to social inequality in education in the U.S. The book highlights findings from current, rigorous sociological research, covering patterns and trends in inequality in education by socioeconomic background, race, and gender, and framing them in the context of current issues and controversies such as expanded accountability and school choice policies. This book sheds light on the complexity of inequality in schools--that inequality is difficult to attribute to a single factor or explanation, and that it works differently by socioeconomic status, race, and gender. This complexity, in turn, complicates possible overarching policy solutions"--Provided by publisher.

Author : John D. Pulliam
Publisher : Merrill Publishing Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015004148139

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History of Education in America by John D. Pulliam Pdf

Author : Derek Bok
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781400866120

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Higher Education in America by Derek Bok Pdf

A sweeping assessment of the state of higher education today from former Harvard president Derek Bok Higher Education in America is a landmark work--a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the current condition of our colleges and universities from former Harvard president Derek Bok, one of the nation's most respected education experts. Sweepingly ambitious in scope, this is a deeply informed and balanced assessment of the many strengths as well as the weaknesses of American higher education today. At a time when colleges and universities have never been more important to the lives and opportunities of students or to the progress and prosperity of the nation, Bok provides a thorough examination of the entire system, public and private, from community colleges and small liberal arts colleges to great universities with their research programs and their medical, law, and business schools. Drawing on the most reliable studies and data, he determines which criticisms of higher education are unfounded or exaggerated, which are issues of genuine concern, and what can be done to improve matters. Some of the subjects considered are long-standing, such as debates over the undergraduate curriculum and concerns over rising college costs. Others are more recent, such as the rise of for-profit institutions and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Additional topics include the quality of undergraduate education, the stagnating levels of college graduation, the problems of university governance, the strengths and weaknesses of graduate and professional education, the environment for research, and the benefits and drawbacks of the pervasive competition among American colleges and universities. Offering a rare survey and evaluation of American higher education as a whole, this book provides a solid basis for a fresh public discussion about what the system is doing right, what it needs to do better, and how the next quarter century could be made a period of progress rather than decline.

Author : Casey D. Cobb,Gene V Glass
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9798216134046

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Public and Private Education in America by Casey D. Cobb,Gene V Glass Pdf

This title will give students and other readers a clear understanding of the true state of public and private education systems in the United States by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations—and confirming the validity of other assertions. This work is part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile issues in American culture and politics. Each book in the Contemporary Debates series is intended to puncture rather than perpetuate myths that diminish our understanding of important policies and positions; to provide needed context for misleading statements and claims; and to confirm the factual accuracy of other assertions. This particular volume examines beliefs, claims, and myths about public and private K–12 education in the United States. Issues covered include categories of public and private schools and variations in academic performance and socioeconomic status therein; controversies surrounding school choice, including school vouchers and charter schools; accountability and assessment of private and public schools; debates about school environment, safety, and curricula; and teacher and administrator quality. All of these issues are examined in individualized entries, with objective responses grounded in up-to-date evidence.

Author : John D. Pulliam
Publisher : Merrill Publishing Company
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSC:32106010935218

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History of Education in America by John D. Pulliam Pdf

This popular book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of American education and serves as a quick reference of the most important persons, dates, events, and movements that shaped the nation's system of education. Explores the background behind the growth and evolution of education in our society, including influential movements in educational history and influential leaders. Examines the most recent legislation, court decisions, and government policies, including programs initiated by the current administration to enhance the learning environment of children at risk for school failure. Discusses contemporary issues, such as inclusion for exceptional children, outcomes-based education, multiculturalism, The Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (IDEA), efforts to achieve gender equity, and the new emphasis on gender issues within or from a historical perspective. Projects current trends into the 21st century and reflects the work of such popular authors as Arthur Wirth, John Naisbitt, Alvin Toffler, Joseph Coates, Paul Kennedy, Wendell Bell, and C. Owen Paepke. For educators at all levels.

Author : Adam R. Nelson,John L. Rudolph
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780299236137

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Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America by Adam R. Nelson,John L. Rudolph Pdf

Vividly revealing the multiple layers on which print has been produced, consumed, regulated, and contested for the purpose of education since the mid-nineteenth century, the historical case studies in Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America deploy a view of education that extends far beyond the confines of traditional classrooms. The nine essays examine “how print educates” in settings as diverse as depression-era work camps, religious training, and broadcast television—all the while revealing the enduring tensions that exist among the controlling interests of print producers and consumers. This volume exposes what counts as education in American society and the many contexts in which education and print intersect. Offering perspectives from print culture history, library and information studies, literary studies, labor history, gender history, the history of race and ethnicity, the history of science and technology, religious studies, and the history of childhood and adolescence, Education and the Culture of Print in Modern America pioneers an investigation into the intersection of education and print culture.

Author : James Monroe Hughes,Frederick Marshall Schultz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000014546242

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Education in America by James Monroe Hughes,Frederick Marshall Schultz Pdf

The fourth edition of the original first published by Harper & Row in 1960, remains a vital compendium of information on present-day education in America, with particular reference to current social and economic conditions and problems. The authors have continually updated this book to fill the need for a comprehensive overview of educational development in the United States

Author : Johann N. Neem
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421423210

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Democracy's Schools by Johann N. Neem Pdf

The unknown history of American public education. At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why Americans built a robust public school system in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War. It’s a story in which ordinary people in towns across the country worked together to form districts and build schoolhouses and reformers sought to expand tax support and give every child a liberal education. By the time of the Civil War, most northern states had made common schools free, and many southern states were heading in the same direction. Americans made schooling a public good. Yet back then, like today, Americans disagreed over the kind of education needed, who should pay for it, and how schools should be governed. Neem explores the history and meaning of these disagreements. As Americans debated, teachers and students went about the daily work of teaching and learning. Neem takes us into the classrooms of yore so that we may experience public schools from the perspective of the people whose daily lives were most affected by them. Ultimately, Neem concludes, public schools encouraged a diverse people to see themselves as one nation. By studying the origins of America’s public schools, Neem urges us to focus on the defining features of democratic education: promoting equality, nurturing human beings, preparing citizens, and fostering civic solidarity.

Author : A. Patrick Huff, Ph.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781496968593

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The Takeover of Public Education in America by A. Patrick Huff, Ph.D. Pdf

The Takeover of Public Education in America: The Agenda to Control Information and Knowledge Through the Accountability System is an informative and insightful look into the mechanism that controls school systems today. It provides a look back into the history of how the system developed into what we have today and peels the curtain back to reveal what is crippling the schools across the country. Testimony is given from education professionals and parents who have lost their community schools to the devastating impact of No Child Left Behind mandates and its accountability system. Find out why teachers and school administrators stay in a constant state of preparation for the next round of testing. Discover the effects of failing to meet standards, and see the heavy hand of national policy take away jobs and deprive students of attending their neighborhood school. Become aware of who is benefiting from the current state of public education. Billions of dollars are at stake as corporations position themselves to make huge profits as public schools struggle to gain acceptable ratings and companies are called upon to rescue the children from a failing school. Learn what must be done if the teachers, counselors, administrators, and parents are to have any chance of reclaiming sovereignty over their profession and the schools their children attend. Finally, learn how technology and testing have served to limit a child’s education through the agenda to control information and knowledge.

Author : Tracy L. Steffes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226435305

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School, Society, and State by Tracy L. Steffes Pdf

“Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife,” wrote John Dewey in his classic work The School and Society. In School, Society, and State, Tracy Steffes places that idea at the center of her exploration of the connections between public school reform in the early twentieth century and American political development from 1890 to 1940. American public schooling, Steffes shows, was not merely another reform project of the Progressive Era, but a central one. She addresses why Americans invested in public education and explains how an array of reformers subtly transformed schooling into a tool of social governance to address the consequences of industrialization and urbanization. By extending the reach of schools, broadening their mandate, and expanding their authority over the well-being of children, the state assumed a defining role in the education—and in the lives—of American families. In School, Society, and State, Steffes returns the state to the study of the history of education and brings the schools back into our discussion of state power during a pivotal moment in American political development.

Author : John D. Pulliam,James J. Van Patten
Publisher : Macmillan College
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016870805

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History of Education in America by John D. Pulliam,James J. Van Patten Pdf

Author : Marlin Maddoux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0883688131

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Public Education Against America by Marlin Maddoux Pdf

"Documents the influence of leftist policy on the U.S. public educational system, including the intentional corruption of the Christian faith and values of American students"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Patricia Albjerg Graham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780198038443

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Schooling America by Patricia Albjerg Graham Pdf

In this informative volume, Patricia Graham, one of America's most esteemed historians of education, offers a vibrant history of American education in the last century. Drawing on a wide array of sources, from government reports to colorful anecdotes, Graham skillfully illustrates Americans' changing demands for our schools, and how schools have responded by providing what critics want, though never as completely or as quickly as they would like. In 1900, as waves of immigrants arrived, the American public wanted schools to assimilate students into American life, combining the basics of English and arithmetic with emphasis on patriotism, hard work, fair play, and honesty. In the 1920s, the focus shifted from schools serving a national need to serving individual needs; education was to help children adjust to life. By 1954 the emphasis moved to access, particularly for African-American children to desegregated classrooms, but also access to special programs for the gifted, the poor, the disabled, and non-English speakers. Now Americans want achievement for all, defined as higher test scores. While presenting this intricate history, Graham introduces us to the passionate educators, scholars, and journalists who drove particular agendas, as well as her own family, starting with her immigrant father's first day of school and ending with her own experiences as a teacher. Invaluable background in the ongoing debate on education in the United States, this book offers an insightful look at what the public has sought from its educational institutions, what educators have delivered, and what remains to be done.

Author : Barbara Beatty
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0300072732

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Preschool Education in America by Barbara Beatty Pdf

A history of policies and programmes for the education of three-to-five-year-olds in the USA. This book also traces efforts to make pre-school education a part of the American public school system and shows why these efforts have been rejected, despite evidence of pre-school benefit.

Author : B. Edward McClellan
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807775653

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Moral Education in America by B. Edward McClellan Pdf

This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive history of moral education in American schools provides an invaluable historical context for contemporary debates. McClellan traces American traditions of moral education from the colonial era to the present, illuminating both debates about the subject and actual practices in public and private schools, colleges, and universities. He pays particular attention to changing fashions in pedagogy, to church–state conflicts, to the long decline of character training in the schools, and to recent efforts to restore moral education to its once-honored place. The book concludes with a thorough examination of recent theorists, including Lawrence Kohlberg, William J. Bennett, Carol Gilligan, and Nel Noddings, and an appraisal of current practice in American schools. “In an age of specialists who quite productively write books on relatively narrow subjects imbedded in short time periods, McClellan writes effortlessly about the grand themes and social practices in the history of moral education and character training over several centuries.” —From the Foreword by William J. Reese “I would highly recommend this work to anyone interested in educational policy in general and moral education in particular. . . .There is nothing presently available that is comparable in scope, balance, intellectual coherence, and readability.” —Ray Hiner, University of Kansas