Rethinking the History of American Education

This collection of original essays examines the history of American education as it has developed as a field since the 1970s and moves into a post-revisionist era and looks forward to possible new directions for the future. Contributors take a comprehensive approach, beginning with colonial education and spanning to modern day, while also looking at various aspects of education, from higher education, to curriculum, to the manifestation of social inequality in education. The essays speak to historians, educational researchers, policy makers and others seeking fresh perspectives on questions related to the historical development of schooling in the United States. Contents......Page 8 Dedication and Acknowledgements......Page 10 Contributors......Page 12 1 Introduction: An Evolving and Expanding Field of Study......Page 14 2 Literacy, Common Schools, and High Schools in Colonial and Antebellum America......Page 30 3 All Educational Politics Are Local: New Perspectives on Black Schooling in the Postbellum South......Page 60 4 “As Is the Teacher, So Is the School”: Future Directions in the Historiography of African American Teachers......Page 86 5 American Public Schooling and European Immigrants in the Early Twentieth Century: A Post-Revisionist Synthesis......Page 116 6 The Historiography of Education for Girls and Women in the United States......Page 156 7 Children in American History......Page 174 8 Sites, Students, Scholarship, and Structures: The Historiography of American Higher Education in the Post-Revisionist Era......Page 200 9 Curriculum History and Its Revisionist Legacy......Page 236 10 Bridging the Gap between Urban, Suburban, and Educational History......Page 258 11 The Federal Role in American Education: A Historiographical Essay......Page 274 Epilogue: New Directions in the History of Education......Page 294 B......Page 300 F......Page 301 J......Page 302 N......Page 303 S......Page 304 Z......Page 305 Introduction: an evolving and expanding field of study / William J. Reese and John L. Rury Literacy, common schools, and high schools in colonial and antebellum America / Gerald F. Moran and Maris A. Vinovskis All educational politics is local: new perspectives on black schooling in the post-bellum South / Jacqueline Jones "As is the teacher, so is the school": future directions in the historiography of African American teachers / Michael Fultz American public schooling and European immigrants in the early twentieth century: a post-revisionist synthesis / Michael R. Olneck The historiography of women's education in the United States / Margaret A. Nash Children in American history / N. Ray Hiner Sites, students, scholarship, and structures: the historiography of American higher education in the post-revisionist era / Christine A. Ogren Curriculum history and its revisionist legacy / Barry M. Franklin Bridging the gap between urban, suburban, and educational history / Jack Dougherty The federal role in American education: a historiographical essay / Adam R. Nelson Epilogue: new directions in the history of education / William J. Reese and John L. Rury The essays speak to historians, educational researchers, policy makers and others seeking fresh perspectives on questions related to the historical development of schooling in the United States. This collection of original essays examines the history of American education as it has developed as a field since the 1970s and looks forward to possible new directions for the future. The essays speak to historians, educational researchers, policy makers and others seeking fresh perspectives on questions related to the historical development of schooling in the United States