Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning

by Paul E. Peterson

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Saving Schools traces the story of the rise, decline, and potential resurrection of American public schools through the lives and ideas of six mission-driven reformers: Horace Mann, John Dewey, Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Shanker, William Bennett, and James Coleman. Yet schools did not become the efficient, egalitarian, and high-quality educational institutions these reformers envisioned. Indeed, the unintended consequences of their legacies...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674062159

ISBN13:9780674062153

Release Date:November 2011

Publisher:Belknap Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"

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Education Education & Reference Education Theory History Philosophy & Social Aspects Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Reform & Policy

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