Seeking Common Ground Public Schools in a Diverse Society

Name: Seeking Common Ground Public Schools in a Diverse Society
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ISBN: 9780674024205

ISBN-10: 0674024206

ISBN-13: 9780674024205

Edition: 2003 (Annotated)

Authors: David B. Tyack

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The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated--this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of different "races." In this wise and enlightening book, filled with vivid characters and memorable incidents that make history but don't always make history books, David Tyack describes how each American generation grappled with the knotty task of creating political unity and social diversity. Seeking Common Ground illuminates puzzles about…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Windows on the Past



Unity



Schools for Citizens: Preserving the Republic



Patriotic Literacy: History Textbooks



Diversity



Same or Different? School Policies and Social Diversity



Thoroughly Trained in Failure: Mismatch of Pupil and School



Democracy



Democracy in Education: Who Needs It?



Choices about Choice: No Simple Solution Reflections


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index