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American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

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About American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

Discover what shapes how we talk about schools today by exploring the history of U.S. education reform. Engage with the main actors, key decisions, and major turning points in this history. See how social forces drive reform. Learn about how the critical tensions embedded in U.S. education policy and practice apply to schools nationally, globally— and where you live.

What You Will Learn?

  • The Colonial Period and Early Republic The National Period Postbellum Period The Progressive Era John Dewey and the Pedagogical Progressives The Depression Era Post-World War II Post-1983.