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Old school still matters : lessons from history to reform public education in America / / Brian L. Fife
| Old school still matters : lessons from history to reform public education in America / / Brian L. Fife |
| Autore | Fife Brian L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.010973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public schools - United States - History
Education - United States - History Educational change - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-313-39809-7
0-313-39810-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Horace Mann and the Common School Ideology; The Idea of Public Education for All; The Importance of Theory and History in Education Reform; Public versus Private Institutions; The Common School Ideology of the 1830s and 1840s; Horace Mann's Common School Ideology in the Contemporary World and Beyond; 2 The Market-Based Ideology and Politics of the Conservative Right; Twentieth-Century Conservative Philosophers; The Impact of Conservatism on American Politics since 1980; Policy Implications of the Market-Based Ideology and Conservative Political Philosophy
3 Education and the Politics of FederalismThe Abstract Nature of the Federalism Debate; The Evolution of Federalism in the United States; The Whig Party of the Nineteenth Century; National Intervention in K-12 Public Education; The Serious and Somber Policy Implications of NCLB; 4 Education and the Politics of Consumerism and Conservatism; The McGuffey Readers of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Consumerism Defined; The Evolution of the Consumer Ideology; The Commercialization of Public Education; A Century-Old Illusion; 5 Education in the Early Twenty-First Century K-12 Public School DesegregationSchool Choice in the Contemporary World; Revisiting the School Choice Debate; 6 Citizenship in a Republican Form of Government in the Twenty-First Century; The Omnipresent Reality of Systems Theory; The Role of the Citizen in a Republic; Political Participation in a Republic; The More Proactive Citizen in the American Republic; 7 Education: A Public Good Worth Defending; The Need for a Fearless Advocate of Public Education; Revisiting the Individualist Creed in the United States; What Is a Public Good?; 8 Blueprint for Progressive Reform Reform Premise A: Maintain Horace Mann's Common School IdealReform Premise B: Maintain and Expand Civic Education in the Public Schools; Reform Premise C: Repeal NCLB in Its Entirety and Deemphasize High-Stakes Standardized Testing; Reform Premise D: Reduce Poverty in America; Reform Premise E: Citizens Must Become More Engaged in the Electoral Process; Reform Premise F: Embrace the Communitarian Philosophy; Reform Premise G: Revisit Federal Budgetary Priorities; Reform Premise H: Rethinking the Status Quo with Regard to the School Year and the School Day Reform Premise I: Minimize the Influence of Business in Public EducationReform Premise J: Students, Parents, and Caregivers Are Part of the Solution; A Concluding Comment; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453260503321 |
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| Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, , [2013] | ||
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Reforming the electoral process in America [[electronic resource] ] : toward more democracy in the 21st century / / Brian L. Fife
| Reforming the electoral process in America [[electronic resource] ] : toward more democracy in the 21st century / / Brian L. Fife |
| Autore | Fife Brian L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif, : Praeger, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 342.73/07 |
| Soggetto topico |
Election law - United States - History
Election law - United States Elections - Government policy - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-96364-3
9786612963643 0-313-37228-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History of electoral reform efforts in America -- Voting laws in the American states -- Voter turnout in the American states -- The electoral college and the framers in Philadelphia -- Money and elections in America -- The path to enhanced democracy : a blueprint for electoral reform in the United States. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456380203321 |
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Fife Brian L
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| Santa Barbara, Calif, : Praeger, c2010 | ||
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Reforming the electoral process in America [[electronic resource] ] : toward more democracy in the 21st century / / Brian L. Fife
| Reforming the electoral process in America [[electronic resource] ] : toward more democracy in the 21st century / / Brian L. Fife |
| Autore | Fife Brian L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif : , : Praeger, , c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 342.73/07 |
| Soggetto topico |
Election law - United States
Election law - United States - History Elections - Government policy - United States |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-00650-3
1-282-96364-3 9786612963643 0-313-37228-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History of electoral reform efforts in America -- Voting laws in the American states -- Voter turnout in the American states -- The electoral college and the framers in Philadelphia -- Money and elections in America -- The path to enhanced democracy : a blueprint for electoral reform in the United States. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781139503321 |
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Fife Brian L
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| Santa Barbara, Calif : , : Praeger, , c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reforming the electoral process in America : toward more democracy in the 21st century / / Brian L. Fife
| Reforming the electoral process in America : toward more democracy in the 21st century / / Brian L. Fife |
| Autore | Fife Brian L |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif : , : Praeger, , c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 342.73/07 |
| Soggetto topico |
Election law - United States
Election law - United States - History Elections - Government policy - United States |
| ISBN |
9798216006503
9786612963643 9781282963641 1282963643 9780313372285 0313372284 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History of electoral reform efforts in America -- Voting laws in the American states -- Voter turnout in the American states -- The electoral college and the framers in Philadelphia -- Money and elections in America -- The path to enhanced democracy : a blueprint for electoral reform in the United States. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966909403321 |
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Fife Brian L
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| Santa Barbara, Calif : , : Praeger, , c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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