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Laats, Adam,

The Other School Reformers : Conservative Activism in American Education / Adam Laats. - 1 online resource (313 pages)

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.


In English.

ISBN: 0674735900 9780674735903

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674735903 doi

Source: 00011705 22573/ctt21rdj27 JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education--Political aspects--United States.
Conservatism--United States.
Educational change--United States.
EDUCATION--Administration--General.
EDUCATION--Educational Policy & Reform--General.
Conservatism.
Education--Political aspects.
Educational change.
Conservatism--United States.
Conservatism.
Education--Political aspects--United States.
Education--Political aspects.
Education, other.
Educational change--United States.
Educational change.
Social Sciences.
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Online-Ressource.

LC Class. No.: LC89 / L33 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 379