Ravitch, Diane,

The troubled crusade : American education, 1945-1980 / Diane Ravitch. - New York : Basic Books, (c)1983. - xiii, 384 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Postwar initiatives -- The rise and fall of progressive education -- Loyalty investigations -- Race and education : the Brown decision -- Race and education : social science and law -- From Berkeley to Kent State -- Reformers, radicals, and romantics -- The new politics of education -- Epilogue : from 1945 to 1980.

A comprehensive history of controversies in American education since World War II clarifies the issues involved and the social and political forces that have shaped present-day American education.



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Education--History--United States--20th century.

LA209 / .T768 1983 LA209