America's Public Schools: From the Common School to "No Child Left Behind"
- ISBN-10
- 1421401037
- ISBN-13
- 9781421401034
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-04-01
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- William J. Reese
Description
Informed by a breadth of historical scholarship and based squarely on primary sources, this volume remains the standard text for future teachers and scholars of education.
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