Jeffrey Mirel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1604229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Mirel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Mirel |
| SIGNATURE | MIREL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Intercultural education in Detroit, 1943–1954
In the World War II era, many United States educators recognised that the claims of racial superiority underlying German anti-Semitism and Japanese imperialism challenged the fundamental democratic idea of human equality that is the bedrock of US political ideals. At the same time, these educators realised the importance of national social cohesion for political unity and strength. Their response to this challenge was to develop school programmes…
Patriotic Pluralism: Americanization Education and European Immigrants
Setting Up Camp at the Great Instructional Divide: Educating Beginning History Teachers
This article sketches out a comprehensive approach for preparing history teachers. It argues that grounding in historical content knowledge is necessary for success in the classroom, but such grounding is not enough to ensure that success. For beginning teachers, the problem is not merely acquiring content knowledge but acquiring it in ways that facilitate teaching subjects to young people of varied backgrounds and abilities. In short, teachers n…
Old Educational Ideas, New American Schools: Progressivism and the Rhetoric of Educational Revolution∗
Drawing on books and essays of prominent progressive educators, this essay seeks to identify key elements that should be included in a working definition of progressive education. Such a definition is crucial for determining the degree of influence progressive ideas have had on American schools. The essay looks at how these ideas appear to have influenced the designs of a number of highly visible "whole-school reform" programs in the United State…
Civic Education and Changing Definitions of American Identity, 1900-1950
Definitions of American identity changed dramatically between 1900 and 1950, challenged by millions of immigrants who came to the US early in the century. Responding to this challenge assimilationists demanded that immigrants shed their ethnic identities entirely, while cultural pluralists emphasised maintaining ethnic roots. Although public schools created programmes to 'Americanise' immigrant children, that goal was realised in an ironic way as…
The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995
Journal Article The Failed Promise of the American High School 1890–1995. By David L. Angus and Jeffrey E. Mirel. (New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. x, 261 pp. Cloth, $58.00, ISBN 0-8077-3843-3. Paper, $26.95, ISBN 0-8077-3842-5.) Get access Alexander Urbiel Alexander Urbiel Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue …
The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995
The Once and Future School: Three Hundred and Fifty Years of American Secondary Education . Jurgen Herbst
After the Fall: Continuity and Change in Detroit, 1981-1995
Changing Schools: Progressive Education Theory and Practice, 1930-1960 . Arthur Zilversmit
The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81
Journal Article The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907–81. By Jeffrey Mirel. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. xxviii, 456 pp. $42.50, ISBN 0-472-10118-8.) Get access Harvey Kantor Harvey Kantor University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 753–754, https://doi.org/10.2307/208…
Land of Fair Promise: Politics and Reform in Los Angeles Schools, 1885-1941
Detroit's Demise
School Reform Unplugged: The Bensenville New American School Project, 1991-93
School Reform Unplugged: The Bensenville New American School Project, 1991–93
In 1992, the New American Schools Development Corporation awarded Bensenville, Illinois, $1.25 million to design and implement a “break the mold” educational program. Despite this substantial amount of money, apparently broad community support, and a dedicated group of reformers pushing the proposal, within a year the Bensenville New American School project was dead. This article details the controversy that erupted over the reform program and an…
School Reform, Chicago Style: Educational Innovation in a Changing Urban Context, 1976-1991
In 1988, the Chicago Public Schools embarked on a bold experiment to transfer power from the central administration to elected councils in charge of each of the system's 542 schools. Tracing the demographic, economic, social, and, above all, political context of this reform effort, this article argues that several key problems have yet to be worked out. First, the reform process was dominated by Whites and took place during the political upheaval…
Equality, Curriculum, and the Decline of the Academic Ideal: Detroit, 1930-68
The question of whether high school students should follow a uniform academic program or choose from options in a differentiated curriculum has reemerged in the 1980s as one of the most crucial issues facing American public education. In its latest incarnation, brought to life by the publication of A Nation at Risk and subsequent proposals and manifestos, the debate has been framed as one between educational excellence, on the one hand, and equal…
Urban Schools as Contested Terrain
Between God and the Youth of Our City: Conflicts over Religion and Education in Detroit, 1842-1949
The teaching of religion in the schools has a lengthy and informative history of its own
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America
Class and Reform: School and Society in Chicago, 1880-1930 . David John Hogan
Youth, Work, and Schooling in the Great Depression
Peer Reviewed
From Spellers to Spindles: Work-Force Entry by the Children of Textile Workers, 1888–1890
Since the late 1960s, the study of school attendance in the nineteenth century has been one of the most vigorous research interests of social historians in the field of educational history. One line of research has investigated the growth of the institution of schools, the “rise of mass schooling,” using enrollment rates as a key indicator (Field, 1976, 1979, 1980; Fishlow, 1966; Kaestle and Vinovskis, 1974). Another line has been more interested…
From Spellers to Spindles: Work-Force Entry by the Children of Textile Workers, 1888-1890
The Politics of Educational Retrenchment in Detroit, 1929-1935
The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995
Setting Up Camp at the Great Instructional Divide: Educating Beginning History Teachers
This article sketches out a comprehensive approach for preparing history teachers. It argues that grounding in historical content knowledge is necessary for success in the classroom, but such grounding is not enough to ensure that success. For beginning teachers, the problem is not merely acquiring content knowledge but acquiring it in ways that facilitate teaching subjects to young people of varied backgrounds and abilities. In short, teachers n…
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America
Civic Education and Changing Definitions of American Identity, 1900-1950
Definitions of American identity changed dramatically between 1900 and 1950, challenged by millions of immigrants who came to the US early in the century. Responding to this challenge assimilationists demanded that immigrants shed their ethnic identities entirely, while cultural pluralists emphasised maintaining ethnic roots. Although public schools created programmes to 'Americanise' immigrant children, that goal was realised in an ironic way as…
The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81
Journal Article The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907–81. By Jeffrey Mirel. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. xxviii, 456 pp. $42.50, ISBN 0-472-10118-8.) Get access Harvey Kantor Harvey Kantor University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 753–754, https://doi.org/10.2307/208…
School Reform, Chicago Style: Educational Innovation in a Changing Urban Context, 1976-1991
In 1988, the Chicago Public Schools embarked on a bold experiment to transfer power from the central administration to elected councils in charge of each of the system's 542 schools. Tracing the demographic, economic, social, and, above all, political context of this reform effort, this article argues that several key problems have yet to be worked out. First, the reform process was dominated by Whites and took place during the political upheaval…
The Politics of Educational Retrenchment in Detroit, 1929-1935
Intercultural education in Detroit, 1943–1954
In the World War II era, many United States educators recognised that the claims of racial superiority underlying German anti-Semitism and Japanese imperialism challenged the fundamental democratic idea of human equality that is the bedrock of US political ideals. At the same time, these educators realised the importance of national social cohesion for political unity and strength. Their response to this challenge was to develop school programmes…
Old Educational Ideas, New American Schools: Progressivism and the Rhetoric of Educational Revolution∗
Drawing on books and essays of prominent progressive educators, this essay seeks to identify key elements that should be included in a working definition of progressive education. Such a definition is crucial for determining the degree of influence progressive ideas have had on American schools. The essay looks at how these ideas appear to have influenced the designs of a number of highly visible "whole-school reform" programs in the United State…
After the Fall: Continuity and Change in Detroit, 1981-1995
Equality, Curriculum, and the Decline of the Academic Ideal: Detroit, 1930-68
The question of whether high school students should follow a uniform academic program or choose from options in a differentiated curriculum has reemerged in the 1980s as one of the most crucial issues facing American public education. In its latest incarnation, brought to life by the publication of A Nation at Risk and subsequent proposals and manifestos, the debate has been framed as one between educational excellence, on the one hand, and equal…
School Reform Unplugged: The Bensenville New American School Project, 1991–93
In 1992, the New American Schools Development Corporation awarded Bensenville, Illinois, $1.25 million to design and implement a “break the mold” educational program. Despite this substantial amount of money, apparently broad community support, and a dedicated group of reformers pushing the proposal, within a year the Bensenville New American School project was dead. This article details the controversy that erupted over the reform program and an…
From Student Control to Institutional Control of High School Athletics: Three Michigan Cities, 1883-1905
The Politics of Educational Retrenchment in Detroit, 1929-1935
Youth, Work, and Schooling in the Great Depression
Peer Reviewed
From Spellers to Spindles: Work-Force Entry by the Children of Textile Workers, 1888–1890
Since the late 1960s, the study of school attendance in the nineteenth century has been one of the most vigorous research interests of social historians in the field of educational history. One line of research has investigated the growth of the institution of schools, the “rise of mass schooling,” using enrollment rates as a key indicator (Field, 1976, 1979, 1980; Fishlow, 1966; Kaestle and Vinovskis, 1974). Another line has been more interested…
From Spellers to Spindles: Work-Force Entry by the Children of Textile Workers, 1888-1890
Class and Reform: School and Society in Chicago, 1880-1930 . David John Hogan
Between God and the Youth of Our City: Conflicts over Religion and Education in Detroit, 1842-1949
The teaching of religion in the schools has a lengthy and informative history of its own
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America
Urban Schools as Contested Terrain
School Reform, Chicago Style: Educational Innovation in a Changing Urban Context, 1976-1991
In 1988, the Chicago Public Schools embarked on a bold experiment to transfer power from the central administration to elected councils in charge of each of the system's 542 schools. Tracing the demographic, economic, social, and, above all, political context of this reform effort, this article argues that several key problems have yet to be worked out. First, the reform process was dominated by Whites and took place during the political upheaval…
Equality, Curriculum, and the Decline of the Academic Ideal: Detroit, 1930-68
The question of whether high school students should follow a uniform academic program or choose from options in a differentiated curriculum has reemerged in the 1980s as one of the most crucial issues facing American public education. In its latest incarnation, brought to life by the publication of A Nation at Risk and subsequent proposals and manifestos, the debate has been framed as one between educational excellence, on the one hand, and equal…
Changing Schools: Progressive Education Theory and Practice, 1930-1960 . Arthur Zilversmit
The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81
Journal Article The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907–81. By Jeffrey Mirel. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. xxviii, 456 pp. $42.50, ISBN 0-472-10118-8.) Get access Harvey Kantor Harvey Kantor University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2, September 1994, Pages 753–754, https://doi.org/10.2307/208…
Land of Fair Promise: Politics and Reform in Los Angeles Schools, 1885-1941
Detroit's Demise
School Reform Unplugged: The Bensenville New American School Project, 1991-93
School Reform Unplugged: The Bensenville New American School Project, 1991–93
In 1992, the New American Schools Development Corporation awarded Bensenville, Illinois, $1.25 million to design and implement a “break the mold” educational program. Despite this substantial amount of money, apparently broad community support, and a dedicated group of reformers pushing the proposal, within a year the Bensenville New American School project was dead. This article details the controversy that erupted over the reform program and an…
The Once and Future School: Three Hundred and Fifty Years of American Secondary Education . Jurgen Herbst
After the Fall: Continuity and Change in Detroit, 1981-1995
The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995
The Failed Promise of the American High School, 1890-1995
Journal Article The Failed Promise of the American High School 1890–1995. By David L. Angus and Jeffrey E. Mirel. (New York: Teachers College Press, 1999. x, 261 pp. Cloth, $58.00, ISBN 0-8077-3843-3. Paper, $26.95, ISBN 0-8077-3842-5.) Get access Alexander Urbiel Alexander Urbiel Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue …
Civic Education and Changing Definitions of American Identity, 1900-1950
Definitions of American identity changed dramatically between 1900 and 1950, challenged by millions of immigrants who came to the US early in the century. Responding to this challenge assimilationists demanded that immigrants shed their ethnic identities entirely, while cultural pluralists emphasised maintaining ethnic roots. Although public schools created programmes to 'Americanise' immigrant children, that goal was realised in an ironic way as…
Old Educational Ideas, New American Schools: Progressivism and the Rhetoric of Educational Revolution∗
Drawing on books and essays of prominent progressive educators, this essay seeks to identify key elements that should be included in a working definition of progressive education. Such a definition is crucial for determining the degree of influence progressive ideas have had on American schools. The essay looks at how these ideas appear to have influenced the designs of a number of highly visible "whole-school reform" programs in the United State…
Setting Up Camp at the Great Instructional Divide: Educating Beginning History Teachers
This article sketches out a comprehensive approach for preparing history teachers. It argues that grounding in historical content knowledge is necessary for success in the classroom, but such grounding is not enough to ensure that success. For beginning teachers, the problem is not merely acquiring content knowledge but acquiring it in ways that facilitate teaching subjects to young people of varied backgrounds and abilities. In short, teachers n…
Patriotic Pluralism: Americanization Education and European Immigrants
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (19 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (12 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Library science (5 works)