The Opening Up of American Education

Illustrates the forms and functions of American public schools throughout three and a half centuries of development. The author does not merely recapitulate a history, however; instead, he carefully chooses a score or more points in time when the purpose of education was shaken and redirected, sometimes by great social developments, but more often by the faith and persistance of an amazingly small number of crusaders

Economic history · Economics · Political science · Sociology · School Choice and Performance