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Urban Education in the United States

A Historical Reader

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. John L. Rury

    1. University of Kansas, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: The Changing Social Contours of Urban Education

    1. Introduction: The Changing Social Contours of Urban Education

      • John L. Rury
      Pages 1-12

  3. The Origins of Urban School Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-16
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    2. Common Schools before the “Common School Revival”: New York Schooling in the 1790s

      • Carl F. Kaestle
      Pages 17-36

    3. The Origins of Public Education in Baltimore, 1825–1829

      • Tina H. Sheller
      Pages 37-55

    4. Popular Education in Nineteenth Century St. Louis

      • Selwyn K. Troen
      Pages 57-68

  7. Urban School Reform in the Late Twentieth Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-281
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    2. After the Fall: Continuity and Change in Detroit, 1981–1995

      • Jeffrey Mirel
      Pages 283-308
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About this book

Urban Education in the United States examines the development of schools in the large cities of the USA. John Rury, a well-known historian of education, introduces and highlights the most significant and classic essays dealing with urban schooling in this collection. Urban Education in the United States will provide an introduction to critical themes in the history of city schools and will frame each section with an overview of urban education research during particular periods in US history.

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"John Rury has produced a gem of a book about American urban education. Bracketed by Rury's graceful introduction and epilogue, the essays in this volume extend across the entire history of the Republic. Arguably, urban schools today face greater obstacles and challenges than at any previous point in our nation's past. Yet we cannot hope to solve our contemporary woes if we continue to ignore their historical roots. I wish every American would read this book, which provides illuminating snapshots of the past - and sobering omens for the future." - Jonathan Zimmerman, Director, History of Education Program, New York University

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Kansas, USA

    John L. Rury

About the editor

JOHN L. RURY is the Chair of the Department of teaching and leadership and Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas, USA. He is author of several books including Education and Social Change: Themes in the History of American Schooling.

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