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Democracy's Schools - The Rise of Public Education in America (Hardcover)
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Democracy's Schools - The Rise of Public Education in America (Hardcover)
Series: How Things Worked
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At a time when Americans are debating the future of public
education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why
Americans built a robust public school system in the decades
between the Revolution and the Civil War. It's a story in which
ordinary people in towns across the country worked together to form
districts and build schoolhouses and reformers sought to expand tax
support and give every child a liberal education. By the time of
the Civil War, most northern states had made common schools free,
and many southern states were heading in the same direction.
Americans made schooling a public good. Yet back then, like today,
Americans disagreed over the kind of education needed, who should
pay for it, and how schools should be governed. Neem explores the
history and meaning of these disagreements. As Americans debated,
teachers and students went about the daily work of teaching and
learning. Neem takes us into the classrooms of yore so that we may
experience public schools from the perspective of the people whose
daily lives were most affected by them. Ultimately, Neem concludes,
public schools encouraged a diverse people to see themselves as one
nation. By studying the origins of America's public schools, Neem
urges us to focus on the defining features of democratic education:
promoting equality, nurturing human beings, preparing citizens, and
fostering civic solidarity.
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