Education and learning in America

• Main Author: Reef, Catherine.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Facts On File, c2009.
• Series: American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
• Subjects: Education > History. > United States; EDUCATION > History.; EDUCATION > Comparative.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 424 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-408) and index.
• ISBN: 9781438126906 (electronic bk.); 1438126905 (electronic bk.); 9780816070244 (cloth); 0816070245 (cloth)

Examines the progress and development of education throughout U.S. history, from the changing theories of education and the differences between urban and rural education to the movements of progressivism and traditionalism to standardized testing.