How Public Schools Meet the Nation's Changing Needs
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Research Professor of the History of American Education, discusses her her recent book, citeSchooling America/cite. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Graham illustrates Americans' changing demands for our schools and colleges, and how these institutions have responded by providing what critics want, though never as completely or as quickly as they would like. Learn about the passionate educators, scholars and journalists who drove particular agendas, and Graham's own family, starting with her immigrant father's first day of school and moving through her experiences as a teacher. Invaluable background in the ongoing debate on education in the United States, her book offers an insightful look at what the public has sought from its educational institutions, what educators have delivered, and what remains to be done. She is introduced by Richard Murnane, Academic Dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society.
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