The Fight for Local Control : : Schools, Suburbs, and American Democracy / / Campbell F. Scribner.
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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | American Institutions and Society
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 7 halftones, 4 line figures, 3 maps, 2 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. A Past Found
- 1. The Meaning of Local Control
- 2. The Long History of School District Consolidation
- 3. The Exurban Exchange
- 4. The Struggle for Status
- 5. The Fight for Funding
- 6. Tax Revolts
- 7. The Battle of Ideas
- 8. Redefining Parents' Rights
- Conclusion. A Past Lost
- Bibliographic Note
- Notes
- Index