pt. 1. History and its uses.
On the nature and purpose of history
What history teaches about the impact of educational research on practice
pt. 2. Urban schools in the nineteenth century.
Public education in St. Louis
Political economy and the high school
pt. 3. Private schools, past and present.
Changing conceptions of "public" and "private" in American educational history
Soldiers for Christ in the army of God: the Christian school movement
pt. 4. The fate of the public schools.
Public schools and the common good
Why Americans love to reform the public schools.
