Urban Education in the United States A Historical Reader

by Rury, John L.

• ISBN13: 9781403967770
• ISBN10: 1403967776
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book addresses an often-overlooked aspect of American education: the development of schools in large cities. John L. Rury introduces and highlights the most significant and classic essays dealing with urban schooling in this collection. Touching upon each of the country's principal geographic regions, Urban Education in the United States provides an introduction to critical themes in the history of city schools, framing each section with an overview of the major issues in urban education during particular periods in US history. This is an essential collection for students in urban education, the history of education, and American history.

Author Biography

John L. Rury is Chair of the Department of Teaching and Leadership and Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas. He is author of several books including Education and Social Change: Themes in the History of American Schooling.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Works Republished in this Book	xi
Contributors and Their Current Affiliations	xiii
1. Introduction: The Changing Social Contours of Urban Education	1	(12)
John L. Rury
Part One The Origins of Urban School Systems	13	(56)
2. Common Schools before the "Common School Revival": New York Schooling in the 1790's	17	(20)
Carl F. Kaestle
3. The Origins of Public Education in Baltimore, 1825-1829	37	(20)
Tina H. Sheller
4. Popular Education in Nineteenth Century St. Louis	57	(18)
Selwyn K. Troen
Part Two Bureaucracy and Curricular Differentiation, 1870-1910	69	(68)
5. Bureaucracy and the Common School: The Example of Portland, Oregon, 1851-1913	75	(22)
David Tyack
6. Urban Reform and the Schools: Kindergartens in Massachusetts, 1870-1915	97	(22)
Marvin Lazerson
7. Progressivism and Curriculum Differentiation: Special Classes in the Atlanta Public Schools, 1898-1923	119	(24)
Barry M. Franklin
Part Three Policies and Politics in Urban Schools, 1900-1940	137	(76)
8. Taxation and Social Conflict: Teacher Unionism and Public School Finance in Chicago, 1898-1934	143	(16)
Marjorie Murphy
9. Missing the Mark: Intelligence Testing in Los Angeles Public Schools, 1922-32	159	(20)
Judith R. Raftery
10. The Politics of Educational Retrenchment in Detroit, 1929-1935	179	(34)
Jeffrey Mirel
Part Four The Postwar Era: 1945-1980	213	(62)
11. Race and the Politics of Chicago's Public Schools: Benjamin Willis and the Tragedy of Urban Education	219	(22)
John L. Rury
12. Bureaucratic Order and Special Children: Urban Schools, 1950's-1960's	241	(16)
Joseph L. Tropea
13. "The Community is Beginning to Rumble": The Origins of Chicano Educational Protest in Houston, 1965-1970	257	(18)
Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr.
Part Five Urban School Reform in the Late Twentieth Century	275	(66)
14. After the Fall: Continuity and Change in Detroit, 1981-1995	283	(26)
Jeffrey Mirel
15. The Milwaukee Voucher Experiment	309	(24)
John F. Witte
16. High Stakes in Chicago	333	(8)
Brian Jacob
Epilogue: The Uncertain Future of Urban Education	341	(8)
Index	349