The History of Public Education in Daggett County, Utah, and Adjacent Areas
Title | The History of Public Education in Daggett County, Utah, and Adjacent Areas PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Weir Baxter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
ISBN |
Making the Grade
Title | Making the Grade PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Fischel |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009-11-15 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0226251314 |
A significant factor for many people deciding where to live is the quality of the local school district, with superior schools creating a price premium for housing. The result is a “race to the top,” as all school districts attempt to improve their performance in order to attract homebuyers. Given the importance of school districts to the daily lives of children and families, it is surprising that their evolution has not received much attention. In this provocative book, William Fischel argues that the historical development of school districts reflects Americans’ desire to make their communities attractive to outsiders. The result has been a standardized, interchangeable system of education not overly demanding for either students or teachers, one that involved parents and local voters in its governance and finance. Innovative in its focus on bottom-up processes generated by individual behaviors rather than top-down decisions by bureaucrats, Making the Grade provides a new perspective on education reform that emphasizes how public schools form the basis for the localized social capital in American towns and cities.
Utah Historical Quarterly
Title | Utah Historical Quarterly PDF eBook |
Author | J. Cecil Alter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Utah |
ISBN |
List of charter members of the society: v. 1, p. 98-99.
Abstracts of Theses
Title | Abstracts of Theses PDF eBook |
Author | Brigham Young University |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1012 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
ISBN |
Abstracts of Dissertations and Theses
Title | Abstracts of Dissertations and Theses PDF eBook |
Author | Brigham Young University |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1012 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
ISBN |
The History of Public Education in Utah
Title | The History of Public Education in Utah PDF eBook |
Author | John Clifton Moffitt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
An Historical Study of Public Education in Rich County, Utah
Title | An Historical Study of Public Education in Rich County, Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Earl F. Passey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1951 |
Genre | Argyle (Utah) |
ISBN |