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Author:
Peterson, Paul E.
Title:
Saving schools : from Horace Mann to virtual learning / Paul E. Peterson.
Publisher:
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
viii, 320 p. : ill., port., charts ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Education--United States--Philosophy.
Education--United States--History.
Educators--United States--History.
Educational change--United States--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and index.
Contents:
The rise. Heroes and history ; Horace Mann and the national builders ; John Dewey and the Progressives ; Martin Luther King, Jr., and school desegregation -- The decline. The rights movement diversifies ; Albert Shanker and collective bargaining ; Money and the adequacy lawsuit ; William Bennett and the demand for accountability -- Signs of resurrection. James S. Coleman and choice theory ; The practice of choice ; Julie Young and the promise of technology.
ISBN:
0674050118 (alk. paper)
9780674050112 (alk. paper) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)456169851
LCCN:
2009043592
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston) — HUAX887
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

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