LEADER 04216nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910966503903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674504547 010 $a0674504542 010 $a9780674056763 010 $a0674056760 035 $a(CKB)2560000000051839 035 $a(OCoLC)671648560 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10416175 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001148844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12429907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001148844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11165963 035 $a(PQKB)10890568 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000427677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413595 035 $a(PQKB)11438686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300875 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10416175 035 $a(Perlego)1147170 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000051839 100 $a20091015d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaving schools $efrom Horace Mann to virtual learning /$fPaul E. Peterson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674062153 311 08$a0674062159 311 08$a9780674050112 311 08$a0674050118 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: The Rise -- 1. Heroes and History -- 2. Horace Mann and the Nation Builders -- 3. John Dewey and the Progressives -- 4. Martin Luther King Jr. and School Desegregation -- Part Two: The Decline -- 5. The Rights Movement Diversifies -- 6. Albert Shanker and Collective Bargaining -- 7. Money and the Adequacy Lawsuit -- 8. William Bennett and the Demand for Accountability -- Part Three. Signs of Resurrection -- 9. James S. Coleman and Choice Theory -- 10. The Practice of Choice -- 11. Julie Young and the Promise of Technology -- Abbreviations -- Appendix: Figures -- Notes -- Index. 330 8 $aSaving Schools traces the story of the rise, decline, and potential resurrection of American public schools through the lives and ideas of six mission-driven reformers: Horace Mann, John Dewey, Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Shanker, William Bennett, and James Coleman. Yet schools did not become the efficient, egalitarian, and high-quality educational institutions these reformers envisioned. Indeed, the unintended consequences of their legacies shaped today's flawed educational system, in which political control of stagnant American schools has shifted away from families and communities to larger, more centralized entities-initially to bigger districts and eventually to control by states, courts, and the federal government.Peterson's tales help to explain how nation building, progressive education, the civil rights movement, unionization, legalization, special education, bilingual teaching, accountability, vouchers, charters, and homeschooling have, each in a different way, set the stage for a new era in American education.Now, under the impact of rising cost, coupled with the possibilities unleashed by technological innovation, schooling may be transformed through virtual learning. The result could be a personalized, customized system of education in which families have greater choice and control over their children's education than at any time since our nation was founded. 606 $aEducation$zUnited States$xPhilosophy 606 $aEducation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEducators$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEducational change$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aEducation$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aEducators$xHistory. 615 0$aEducational change$xHistory. 676 $a370.973 700 $aPeterson$b Paul E$0129802 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966503903321 996 $aSaving schools$94356721 997 $aUNINA