Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The Other School Reformers : Conservative Activism in American Education / Adam Laats.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674735903
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • LC89 .O844 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
What does Jesus have to do with phonics? Understanding educational conservatism -- Monkeys, morality, and modern America: conservative educational activism in the Scopes era -- Pulling the Rugg out: textbooks and the American way -- Rich, Republican, and reactionary: Pasadena's revolt against progressivism -- Save the children: Kanawha County in the age of malaise -- Conservatism and American education.
Subject: The idea that American education has been steered by progressivism is accepted as fact by liberals and conservatives alike. Adam Laats shows that this belief is wrong. Calling to center stage conservatives who shaped America's classrooms, he shows that in the long march of American public education, progressive reform has been a beleaguered dream.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number URL Status Date due Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction LC89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn897600345

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: progressives in a strange land -- What does Jesus have to do with phonics? Understanding educational conservatism -- Monkeys, morality, and modern America: conservative educational activism in the Scopes era -- Pulling the Rugg out: textbooks and the American way -- Rich, Republican, and reactionary: Pasadena's revolt against progressivism -- Save the children: Kanawha County in the age of malaise -- Conservatism and American education.

The idea that American education has been steered by progressivism is accepted as fact by liberals and conservatives alike. Adam Laats shows that this belief is wrong. Calling to center stage conservatives who shaped America's classrooms, he shows that in the long march of American public education, progressive reform has been a beleaguered dream.

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.