Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools?: What Early Communities Have To Tell Us - Hardcover

Mathews, David

9781588381231: Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools?: What Early Communities Have To Tell Us

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1588381234 ISBN 13: 9781588381231

Publisher: NewSouth Books, 2003

Are the public schools the public’s schools? And if they need to be, what is the public? Public schools today often mean little other than schools paid for by tax revenue. If that is all they are, they may mean far less in the future than they have in the past.

Communities built the first schools and, in turn, the common work of establishing them "built" the communities. Yet we seldom take that into account now when we try to improve our schools.

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About the Author:

David Mathews attended the public schools of Clarke County, Alabama. After graduating from the University of Alabama, he went on to Columbia University, where he earned a Ph.D. in American educational history. Mathews has been president of the University of Alabama and secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He is currently trustee and president of the Kettering Foundation. His other recent books are Politics for People: Finding a Responsible Public Voice and Is There a Public for Public Schools?

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