The teacher wars : a history of America's most embattled profession
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- ISBN: 9780345803627
- ISBN: 0345803620
- ISBN: 038553695X
- ISBN: 9780385536950
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Physical Description:
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x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First Anchor books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "Missionary teachers" : the common schools movement and the feminization of American teaching -- "Repressed indignation" : the feminist challenge to American education -- "No shirking, no skulking" : Black teachers and racial uplift after the Civil War -- "School ma'ams as lobbyists" : the birth of teachers unions and the battle between progressive pedagogy and school efficiency -- "An orgy of investigation" : witch hunts and social movement unionism during the wars -- "The only valid passport from poverty" : the great expectations of Great Society teachers -- "We both got militant" : union teachers versus Black Power during the era of community control -- "Very disillusioned" : how teacher accountability displaced desegregation and local control -- "Big, measurable goals" : a data-driven vision for millennial teaching -- "Let me use what I know" : reforming education by empowering teachers -- Epilogue: Lessons from history for improving teaching today. |
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Subject: | Education United States History Teachers Professional relationships United States History Public schools United States History Educational change United States History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | LA 212 .G65 2015 | 30775305527039 | General Collection | Available | - |
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