The other school reformers [electronic resource] : conservative activism in American education / Adam Laats.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laats, Adam
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Education > Political aspects > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2015 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2015 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Other School Reformers: Conservative Activism in American Education
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: progressives in a strange land
  • What does Jesus have to do with phonics? Understanding educational conservatism
  • Monkeys, morality, and modern America: conservative educational activism in the Scopes era
  • Pulling the Rugg out: textbooks and the American way
  • Rich, Republican, and reactionary: Pasadena's revolt against progressivism
  • Save the children: Kanawha County in the age of malaise
  • Conservatism and American education.