- Education, History, United States, Bildungswesen
A comprehensive history of controversies in American education since World War II clarifies the issues involved and the social and political forces that have shaped present-day American education.
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About the book
- Author
- Diane Ravitch
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780465087570
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“IN EARLY 1945, with the war in Europe coming to an end, the Senate Committee on Education and Labor opened hearings on a proposal for federal aid to education.”
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