EPE 301: Education in American Culture

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Urban, W. J., & Wagoner, J. L. (2009). American education : a history (4th ed.). Routledge.

Samuel, L. R. (2024). The American teacher : a history. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Pugach, Marleen Carol. Because Teaching Matters : An Introduction to the Profession. Third edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2024. Print.

Fox, Robert A, and Nina K Buchanan. “A Brief History of Public Education in the United States.” The Wiley Handbook of School Choice. United States: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017. 13–27. Web.

Zimmerman, J. (2006). Innocents abroad : American teachers in the American century (1st ed.). Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674045453

Graham, P. A., & NetLibrary, I. (2005). Schooling America how the public schools meet the nation’s changing needs. Oxford University Press.

Ravitch, D. (1983). The troubled crusade : American education, 1945-1980. Basic Books.

The Coleman Report marked a significant turning point in American education by highlighting the relationship between poverty, inequality, and schooling.

Kohn's work explores how we do school - raising questions about the purpose and outcomes of schooling in America.

Kozol has spent decades researching and writing about the disparities in school experiences in wealthy and poor communities.

This report argued that the US education system was failing to prepare students adequately for the challenges of the modern world, thereby threatening the nation's strength and success in terms of global economic competitiveness and national civic engagement.

from The Noah Webster Educational Foundation

from RaceForward