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9780674011984

Seeking Common Ground : Public Schools in a Diverse Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780674011984

  • ISBN10:

    0674011988

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-01-01
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

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 school-children followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of different "races."

Author Biography

David Tyack is Vida Jacks Professor of Education and Professor of History Emeritus, Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Windows on the Past 1(8)
I. UNITY
1. Schools for Citizens: Preserving the Republic
9(29)
2. Patriotic Literacy: History Textbooks
38(29)
II. DIVERSITY
3. Same or Different? School Policies and Social Diversity
67(31)
4. Thoroughly Trained in Failure: Mismatch of Pupil and School
98(31)
III. DEMOCRACY
5. Democracy in Education: Who Needs It?
129(29)
6. Choices about Choice: No Simple Solution
158(23)
Reflections 181(6)
Notes 187(40)
Acknowledgments 227(2)
Index 229

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