The School in the United States: A Documentary History Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	The School in Colonial America, 1620-1770	1
Ch. 2	The American Revolution and Schools for the New Republic, 1770-1820	17
Ch. 3	The Common School Movement, 1820-1860	48
Ch. 4	Schooling Moves West, 1835-1860	89
Ch. 5	Slavery, Reconstruction, and the Schools of the South, 1820-1903	107
Ch. 6	Growth and Diversity in Schools and Students, 1880-1960	140
Ch. 7	The Progressive Era, 1890-1950	181
Ch. 8	Schools in the Cold War Era, 1950-1970	222
Ch. 9	Civil Rights, Integration, and School Reform, 1954-1980	255
Ch. 10	Rights and Opportunities in American Education, 1965-1980	293
Ch. 11	Reform Efforts of the 1980s and 1990s	319
	Bibliography: For Further Reading	351
	Sources and Credits	357