Public education, America's civil religion : a social history / Carl L. Bankston III, Stephen J. Caldas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bankston, Carl L. (Carl Leon), 1952-
Other Authors:	Caldas, Stephen J., 1957-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Teachers College Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:	Public schools > United States > History. Education > Social aspects > United States > History. Civil religion > United States > History.
Physical Description:	ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Religions, political and civil
Before progressivism : belief in education in a divided nation
Public education in the progressive era
Public schooling between world wars : management, design, and varieties of the faith
After World War II : the education boom, Cold War, and growing calls for equality
Education for equality and education as redistribution in the 1960s and 1970s
Anxiety and standards : A nation at risk and the equity-excellence dilemma in the 1980s and 1990s
Where all the children are above average : entering the 21st century
Conclusion: American civil religion and the schools.