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The fight for local control : schools, suburbs, and American democracy /

Throughout the twentieth century, local control of school districts was one of the most contentious issues in American politics. As state and federal regulation attempted to standardize public schools, conservatives defended local prerogative as a bulwark of democratic values. Yet their commitment t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Scribner, Campbell F., 1981- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Collection:American institutions and society.
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Table des matières:
  • The meaning of local control
  • The long history of school district consolidation
  • The exurban exchange
  • The struggle for status
  • The fight for funding
  • Tax revolts
  • The battle of ideas
  • Redefining parents' rights.