Public education in the United States, a study and interpretation of American educational history; an introductory textbook dealing with the larger problems of present-day education in the light of their historical development
Riverside textbooks in education, ed. by E.P. Cubberley ... Division of secondary education under the editorial direction of A. Inglis"Selected references" at end of each chapter except the firs
History
xxv, 517 pages illustrations, maps 19 cm
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Our European background
The beginnings of American education
Early national and state attitudes
Influences tending to awaken an educational consciousness
The battle for free state schools
The battle to control the system
The battle to extend the system
Character of the schools established
New ideas from abroad
The reorganization of elementary education
New modifying forces
New educational conceptions and extensions
New directions of educational effort
Desirable educational reorganizations
Fundamental principles and problems