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School and Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 4/e
Stephen E. Tozer, The University of Illinois, Chicago
Paul C. Violas
Guy Senese, Northern Arizona University
School as a Public Institution: The Common-School Era

SCHOOL AS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION: THE COMMON SCHOOL ERA


Introduction: Schooling in New England

Political Economy of the Common School Era

  • Demographic Changes
  • Political Developments
  • Economic Developments

Ideology and Religion

  • Consolidation of Classical Liberalism

Horace Mann: An Exemplar of Reform

  • Early Life
  • Mann's Education
  • Mann's Political Career

Mann and the Common Schools

  • School buildings
  • Moral Values
  • Lessons from the Prussian School System
  • School Discipline
  • The Quality of Teachers
  • The Economic Value of Schooling
  • Opposition to Mann's Common School Reforms
  • Accounting for the Success of the Common School Reforms
  • Lessons from Horace Mann's Common School Reforms

Concluding Remarks

Primary Source Reading: Decentralization: Alternative to Bureaucracy?

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