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.

Books about Education and Learning in America

Recognizing that the themes of American education have changed dramatically, Steven Zemelman, Harvey Daniels, and Arthur Hyde reconvened, and their new edition provides fresh, inspiring examples of state-of-the-art teaching methods in action.

In this extensively revised and expanded second edition, we find updated descriptions of progressive teaching in six subject areas: reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts.

Liberal education has long been associated with a focus on so-called "great books" drawn largely from the European past. In sharp contrast, this collection of essays explores the theory and practice of contemporary liberal education from the perspective of a distinctively American pragmatic tradition. The result is a reimagined libe