The American School 1642 - 2004 Book

1 Thinking Critically about History: Ideological Management, Culture Wars, and Consumerism

2 Religion and Authority in Colonial Education

3 Nationalism, Multiculturalism, and Moral Reform in the New Republic

4 The Ideology and Politics of the Common School

5 The Common School and the Threat of Cultural Pluralism

6 Organizing the American School: The Nineteenth-Century Schoolmarm

7 Multiculturalism and the Failure of the Common School Ideal

8 Growth of the Welfare Function of Schools: School Showers, Kindergarten, Playgrounds, Home Economics, Social Centers, and Cultural Conflict

9 The School and the Workplace: High School, Junior High School, and Vocational Guidance and Education

10 Meritocracy: The Experts Take Charge

11 The Politics of Knowledge: Teachers Unions, the American Legion, and the American Way

12 Schools, Media, and Popular Culture: Influencing the Minds of Children and Teenagers

13 Education and National Policy

14 The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars

15 Education in the Twenty-First Century