Mr. Lancaster's System: The Failed Reform That Created America's Public Schools

by Adam Laats

How a con artist "reformer" shaped America's modern public schools.

Two centuries ago, London school reformer Joseph Lancaster swept into New York City to revolutionize its public schools. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts passed laws mandating Lancaster's methods, and cities such as Albany, Savannah, Detroit, and Baltimore soon followed. In Mr. Lancaster's System, Adam Laats tells the story of how this abusive, scheming reformer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421449366
• ISBN13: 9781421449364
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher