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Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man." Much more than a study of federal...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Conservatives have succeeded in establishing their vision of education in America, one in which government funds can be used to pay for both public and private schools. As a result, the very meaning of public education in the United States has shifted away from the idea of a universal good. To understand how we got here, The Death of Public School argues, we must look back at the turbulent history of school choice. The Death of Public School tells...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Twins Holding Co
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"We often hear that "Those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it," yet existing history books don't teach children to learn from the past-they simply teach children about the past. That now changes with America's History - a series of stories about our country's past that shares the ideas to learn from, and how they might be applied to our lives today. Through fun storytelling and beautiful illustrations, young readers will come...
