Description
This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to leftist, in order to spark the reader's own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular, the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration.
- Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools, leading up to the educational ideas of the current U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
- An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump's administration and the influence of the Alt-Right.
Author: Joel Spring
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/26/2018
Pages: 538
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.76lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781138502925
ISBN10: 1138502928
BISAC Categories:
- Education | History
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
About the Author
Joel Spring is a professor at Queens College/City University of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.
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