Patricia Albjerg Graham is the Charles Warren Research Professor of the History of American Education at Harvard University and formerly Director of the National Institute of Education. She is president of the Spencer Foundation, the nation's leading funder of educational research.
"One of the country's most respected historians of education
presents a compelling picture of how and why American schooling
changed over the last, tumultuous century. Using a wide range of
sources, from government reports to personal anecdotes, the former
dean of Harvard University's graduate school of education shows
readers how historical forces such as immigration,
industrialization, and the civil rights movement shaped and
reshaped the public's
expectations of what schools should be and how they should operate.
Her historical insights provide a valuable backdrop for the study
of current debates."--Education Week
"Schooling America is an admirably informative, sensible and
balanced account of how schools and colleges in the United States
have developed since 1900, written by one of the most informed and
thoughtful scholars of education in the United States."--Derek Bok,
President Emeritus, Harvard University
"A thoughtful, insightful analysis by a brilliant scholar and
educational leader. Must reading for everyone who cares about our
public schools."--Donna Shalala, President, University of Miami
"In her provocative and tremendously optimistic book on American
education, Pat Graham provides a wonderful history of education
reform and does not stop there. Rather than focusing on the
failings of our school system, she celebrates the promise of youth
and challenges us to be bold in our thinking as we go forward.
Schooling America is a must-read for anyone who wishes to be
touched by Graham's high hopes for the advancement of our children
and the
future of our country."--Ramon Cortines, former Chancellor of New
York City Schools
"A welcome, concise and readable history of American schooling and
our ceaseless efforts to change it, well presented by an eminent
education historian." --Chester E. Finn, Jr., Senior Fellow, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University; President, Thomas B. Fordham
Foundation
"An outstanding and immensely readable book about values and
opportunity in America dressed in the cloth of education history.
Pat Graham again demonstrates her scholarship, clear insight and
the priority and hope she always reserves for children whom we have
historically failed in our schools."--David Hornbeck, President,
Children's Defense Fund
"Pat Graham ably and eloquently reminds us that public education is
a constantly unfolding national commitment and that the duties and
responsibilities of educators, policymakers, parents, students and
citizens evolve and respond to shifting political, social,
economic, and ideological forces. Schooling America, written by a
keen-eyed observer and analyst, draws the reader into a guided
journey that explores how our nation's schools are adapting to
the
challenge, and unfulfilled promise, of providing universal, free,
and high-quality public education for every child in every
classroom."--Wendy D. Puriefoy, President, Public Education
Network
"Schooling America is a readable, intelligent, and well-informed
synthesis of the history of American education."--Diane Ravitch,
Research Professor of Education, New York University; author of The
Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students
Learn
"One of the country's most respected historians of education
presents a compelling picture of how and why American schooling
changed over the last, tumultuous century. Using a wide range of
sources, from government reports to personal anecdotes, the former
dean of Harvard University's graduate school of education shows
readers how historical forces such as immigration,
industrialization, and the civil rights movement shaped and
reshaped the public's
expectations of what schools should be and how they should operate.
Her historical insights provide a valuable backdrop for the study
of current debates."--EducationWeek
"Schooling America is an admirably informative, sensible and
balanced account of how schools and colleges in the United States
have developed since 1900, written by one of the most informed and
thoughtful scholars of education in the United States."--Derek Bok,
President Emeritus, Harvard University
"A thoughtful, insightful analysis by a brilliant scholar and
educational leader. Must reading for everyone who cares about our
public schools."--Donna Shalala, President, University of Miami
"In her provocative and tremendously optimistic book on American
education, Pat Graham provides a wonderful history of education
reform and does not stop there. Rather than focusing on the
failings of our school system, she celebrates the promise of youth
and challenges us to be bold in our thinking as we go forward.
Schooling America is a must-read for anyone who wishes to be
touched by Graham's high hopes for the advancement of our children
and the
future of our country."--Ramon Cortines, former Chancellor of New
York City Schools
"A welcome, concise and readable history of American schooling and
our ceaseless efforts to change it, well presented by an eminent
education historian."--Chester E. Finn, Jr., Senior Fellow, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University; President, Thomas B. Fordham
Foundation
"An outstanding and immensely readable book about values and
opportunity in America dressed in the cloth of education history.
Pat Graham again demonstrates her scholarship, clear insight and
the priority and hope she always reserves for children whom we have
historically failed in our schools."--David Hornbeck, President,
Children's Defense Fund
"Pat Graham ably and eloquently reminds us that public education is
a constantly unfolding national commitment and that the duties and
responsibilities of educators, policymakers, parents, students and
citizens evolve and respond to shifting political, social,
economic, and ideological forces. Schooling America, written by a
keen-eyed observer and analyst, draws the reader into a guided
journey that explores how our nation's schools are adapting to
the
challenge, and unfulfilled promise, of providing universal, free,
and high-quality public education for every child in every
classroom."--Wendy D. Puriefoy, President, Public Education
Network
"Schooling America is a readable, intelligent, and well-informed
synthesis of the history of American education."--Diane Ravitch,
Research Professor of Education, New York University; author of The
Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students
Learn
"Graham has fashioned her book for a broad audience of scholars,
policy analysts, policy makers, students, and the general public.
Arguably, no one is better qualified to entice this variety of
readers to consider education afresh. The prose and organization
invite specialists and lay people alike to join the conversation on
education history, policy, and practice she intends to stimulate.
Graham charts the schools' repeated struggles to adjust and adapt,
finds
evidence of striking improvements over the century, and provides an
analysis that could leave readers as hopeful as she is. But a more
lasting contribution may be the platform she has laid for
future
research. She identifies significant old business to be addressed
anew regarding a fundamental institution of American
democracy."--Donald Warren, Indiana University, History of
Education Quarterly
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