Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Maris A. Vinovskis
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History and Educational Policymaking
In this book an eminent scholar and policymaker analyzes the lessons history can teach those who wish to reform the American educational system. Maris Vinovskis begins by tracing …
Learning from the Past
Many Americans view today's problems in education as an unprecedented crisis brought on by the rise of contemporary social problems. In Learning from the Past a group of …
Origins Public High Schools
There has been considerable debate about the process of and the underlying motivation for the expansion of public education in nineteenth-century America. Interpretations which …
Toward a Social History of the American Civil War
The American Civil War has been the subject of thousands of books and articles, but only a small fraction of this literature examines the impact of the war on society and on the …
An 'Epidemic' of Adolescent Pregnancy?
Teenage pregnancy is one of the most incendiary public issues of our day. Yet after all the investigation and government effort, what is really known about the problem of …
Education and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts
This important contribution to scholarship in social science history examines the development of public education in nineteenth-century Massachusetts. Until the 1950s educational …
Birth of Head Start
One of the most popular and enduring legacies of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, Project Head Start continues to support young children of low-income …
Family and Population in 19th Century America
Representing new approaches to the study of the family and historical demography, this collection of essays analyzes the relationships of demographic processes in different …
Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War
Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War focuses on the socioeconomic determinants of fertility differentials and trends in Massachusetts from 1765 to 1860. …
Family and Population in 19th Century America
Representing new approaches to the study of the family and historical demography, this collection of essays analyzes the relationships of demographic processes in different …
Education, Society, and Economic Opportunity
In this book, an eminent educational historian examines some important aspects of American schooling over the past centuries, illuminating the relation between education and other …
The Birth of Head Start
One of the most popular and enduring legacies of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, Project Head Start continues to support young children of low-income families …