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History of the public school system of California

History of the public school system of California

Swett, John

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General EducationGeneral Political ScienceGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9353708974
ISBN13: 9789353708979
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
California did not inherit a school system; it built one under pressure of gold-rush migration and politics. A state learns to teach. In History of the Public School System of California, educator John Swett records that making of California public education in prose. Part educational history nonfiction, part public education primary source, it traces how classrooms, funding, and standards took shape across the American West - a record of American West schooling - and why decisions made then echo. Swett writes with an insider's eye for the people who carried the project: teachers and administrators, local trustees, and officials wrestling with education policy reform. Along the way, it lingers on teacher training, supervision, and the everyday machinery of running schools, without losing narrative drive. The result is a school history reference that illuminates school system development from the common school movement through the beginnings of progressive era education, capturing the texture of 19th century California while keeping sight of national debates about access, civic purpose, and the role of the state. Ideal for education history students, historians, and readers curious about how schooling became public. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this classic of educational history has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure - it belongs on the shelf of anyone building a school history reference library, and in the hands of casual readers who enjoy institutional stories drawn from lived experience.

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