American Education

Wayne J. Urban is Professor of Education and Associate Director of the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama, USA.Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr. was Professor of the History of Education and received the University’s Distinguished Professor Award by the UVA Alumni Association at the University of Virginia, USA.Milton Gaither is Professor of Education at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.

• Preface About the Authors 1. Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions 2. Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607–1776 3. Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776–1830 4. The Common Man and the Common School: 1820–1860 5. Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800–1900 6. Beginning a Modern School System: 1865–1890 7. Organizing the Modern School System: Educational Reform in the Progressive Era, 1890–1915 8. Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915–1929 9. The Effects of Depression and War on American Education:1930–1946 10. Education During and After the Crucial Decade: 1945–1960 11. The Pursuit of Equality: 1960–1980 12. From Equality to Excellence: American Education, 1980–2000 13. American Education in the Twenty-First Century Index