American Catholic Schools in the Twentieth Century: Encounters with Public Education Policies, Practices, and Reforms

by Ann Marie Ryan

This book examines how Catholic educators grappled with public educational policies and reforms like standardization and accreditation, educational measurement and testing, and federal funding for schools during the early to mid-twentieth century. These issues elicited an array of reactions including resistance, cooperation, and co-optation.

American Catholics had established one of the largest private educational organizations in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475866607
• ISBN13: 9781475866605
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"