Democracy's Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America

by Johann N. Neem

Book Overview

The unknown history of American public education.

At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why Americans built a robust public school system in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War. It's a story in which ordinary people in towns across the country worked together to form districts and build schoolhouses and reformers sought to expand...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421423200
• ISBN13: 9781421423203
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"