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Title:
The other school reformers : conservative activism in American education / Adam Laats.
Author:
Laats, Adam.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Call Number:
LC89 .L33 2015
ISBN:
9780674416710
Physical Description:
313 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction: progressives in a strange land -- What does Jesus have to do with phonics? Understanding educational conservatism -- Monkeys, morality, and modern America: conservative educational activism in the Scopes era -- Pulling the Rugg out: textbooks and the American way -- Rich, Republican, and reactionary: Pasadena's revolt against progressivism -- Save the children: Kanawha County in the age of malaise -- Conservatism and American education.
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