Seeking common ground : public schools in a diverse society

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Label

Seeking common ground : public schools in a diverse society

Title remainder

public schools in a diverse society

Statement of responsibility

David Tyack

Creator

• Tyack, David B

Subject

• Bildungspolitik
• Burgerschap
• Education and state
• Education and state -- United States
• Interkulturelle Erziehung
• Interkulturelle Erziehung
• Multiculturalism
• Multiculturalism -- United States
• Multiculturele samenlevingen
• Bildungspolitik
• Public schools -- Social aspects
• Public schools -- Social aspects -- United States
• USA
• USA
• United States
• Verenigde Staten
• Öffentliche Schule
• Öffentliche Schule
• Openbaar onderwijs

Language

eng

Summary

Publisher's description: The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated--this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of different "races." In this wise and enlightening book, filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books, David Tyack describes how each American generation grappled with the knotty task of creating political unity and social diversity. Seeking Common Ground illuminates puzzles about democracy in education and chronic conflicts that continue to make news. Americans mistrusted government, yet they entrusted the civic education of their children to public schools. American history textbooks were notoriously dull, but they were also highly controversial. Although the people liked local control of schools, educational experts called it "democracy gone to seed" and campaigned to "take the schools out of politics." Reformers argued about whether it was more democratic to teach all students the same subjects or to tailor curriculum to individuals. And what was the best way to "Americanize" immigrants, asked educators: by forced-fed assimilation or by honoring their ethnic heritages? With a broad perspective and an eye for telling detail, Tyack lets us see that debates about the civic purposes of schools are an essential part of a democratic culture, and integral to its future

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

379.73

Index

index present

LC call number

LC191.4

LC item number

.T93 2003

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography