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<>An engaging look at the past and present of schools and schooling, A History of American Education, 1/e examines the effects, influences, and implications of globalization on education in the United States. From the early colonial days to the diverse present, this text vividly reconstructs the highlights and challenges of education in America. It explores the ideas of key educators, the interaction between the public s ideals and the realities of schools, and the consequences of educational reforms within the larger context of an increasingly... MORE

Introduction What is globalization?
How does the history of American education describe a process of globalization?
What is the arrangement of the various chapters of this book?
What limits the discussions in this book?
Education in Colonial America What was the Spanish colonial empire?
How did Spain transmit its culture?
How did the missions play an educational role?	... MORE
What was the nature of English colonialism?
What was colonial English education?
How did the Puritans offer education to Native Americans?
Conclusion
The Expansion Westward How did the Continental Congress resolve the problems with the western frontier?
How did the Continental Congress enhance the spread of schools?
How did controversies over the Bible in classrooms and women as teachers influence the spread of schools?
How did the Northwest Ordinance influence state control of education?
Conclusion
Educational Reform in the Northeast Why did reformers think there was the need for state control of education?
How did teacher training develop in the early nineteenth century?
How did school architecture influence curriculum formation?
How did European models influence curriculum formation and teacher training?
How did schools change during the common school movement?
Conclusion
Education in the Antebellum South How did commentators disagree about the common school movement in the South?
What distinguished the common school movement in the South?
How did education spread among slaves and slaveholders?
What types of schools were available in the antebellum South?
How did academies serve the South before the American Civil War?
What obstacles prevented the rise of state supported schools in the South?
Conclusion
Education during the Reconstruction and the New South What were the effects of the Reconstruction in the South?
How did the Reconstruction policies influence the spread of public education?
What were the effects of the Reconstruction in the South?
How did the Reconstruction policies influence the spread of public education?
What did the experiences of the missionary teachers suggest about schools and social reform?
How did public education spread through the South?
Why did the idea of the New South require racially segregated schools?
Conclusion
Organizing Schools According to a New Definition of Democracy What was the relation between religion and education?
How could Catholic schools and public schools cooperate?
How could educators encourage the development of uniform schools under systems of local control?
How did educators consolidate the management of schools, make student attendance more regular, and improve the curriculum?
How did the curriculum expand to include more subjects than academics?
How did the resistance to annual examinations of elementary pupils enhance the growth of higher education?
Conclusion
The Growth of Bureaucratic Organizations How did urban reform encourage the growth of bureaucracies?
How did the consolidation of school districts lead to bureaucratic expansion?
How did superintendents efforts to improve schools increase bureaucratic controls?
How did the growth of bureaucracies influence teacher preparation?
How did the growth of bureaucracies influence the curriculum?
Conclusion
and Progressive Educational Reform
How did German idealism become an American philosophy of education?
How did idealistic philosophy become science?
How did De
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