The Wiley Handbook of School Choice

The Wiley Handbook of School Choice
Author: Robert A. Fox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 557
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119082358

The Wiley Handbook of School Choice presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing the wide range of alternatives to traditional public schools available in contemporary US society. A comprehensive collection of the latest research findings on school choices in the US, including charter schools, magnet schools, school vouchers, home schooling, private schools, and virtual schools Viewpoints of both advocates and opponents of each school choice provide balanced examinations and opinions Perspectives drawn from both established researchers and practicing professionals in the U.S. and abroad and from across the educational spectrum gives a holistic outlook Includes thorough coverage of the history of traditional education in the US, its current state, and predictions for the future of each alternative school choice

A Social History of Education in England

A Social History of Education in England
Author: John Lawson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134531958

Originally published in 1973,this book describes the medieval origins of the British education system, and the transformations successive historical events – such as the Reformation, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution – have wrought on it. It examines the effect on the educational pattern of such major cultural upheavals as the Renaissance; it looks at the different parts played by church and state, and the influence of new social and educational philosophies.

The Origins of the American High School

The Origins of the American High School
Author: William J. Reese
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780300079432

An analysis of the social changes and political debates that shaped 19th-century American high schools. It reveals what students studied and how they behaved, what teachers expected of them and how they taught, and how boys and girls, whites and blacks, experienced high school.

The History of Education

The History of Education
Author: Peter Gordon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136224076

This volume deals with the great changes which have taken place in the practice of the history of education in present years. It brings together a number of important articles on the subject which are not easily available to the ordinary reader.

Addresses and Proceedings - National Education Association of the United States

Addresses and Proceedings - National Education Association of the United States
Author: National Education Association of the United States
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1042
Release: 1902
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Vols. for 1866-70 include Proceedings of the American Normal School Association; 1866-69 include Proceedings of the National Association of School Superintendents; 1870 includes Addresses and journal of proceedings of the Central College Association.