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Author:

Bankston, Carl L. (Carl Leon), 1952-

Title:

Public education, America's civil religion : a social history / Carl L. Bankston III, Stephen J. Caldas.

Publisher:

Teachers College Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

ix, 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Public schools--United States--History.
Education--History.--United States--History.
Civil religion--United States--History.

Other Authors:

Caldas, Stephen J., 1957-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: American civil religion and the schools. Before progressivism : belief in education in a divided nation -- Public education in the progressive era -- Public schooling between world wars : management, design, and varieties of the faith -- After World War II : the education boom, Cold War, and growing calls for equality -- Education for equality and education as redistribution in the 1960s and 1970s -- Anxiety and standards : A nation at risk and the equity-excellence dilemma in the 1980s and 1990s -- Where all the children are above average : entering the 21st century -- Conclusion: American civil religion and the schools.

ISBN:

0807749486 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780807749487 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0807749478 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807749470 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)297529903

LCCN:

2008055601

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)