History of Education in the United States

Books

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A Selected List of Books in the Morrisville College Library

No Child Left Behind and the transformation of federal education policy, 1965-2005. By Patrick J. McGuinn.
Call No: LC89 .M35 2006 Regular Loan
In addition to providing an analysis of the politics and policy of the No Child Left Behind legislation, this volume includes a discussion of the history of federal education policy.

School, the story of American public education. Edited by Sarah Mondale and Sarah B. Patton.
Call No: LA212 .S353 2001 Regular Loan
Based on the PBS series "School, the Story of American Public Education," this book includes a series of articles that span the origins and development of public education in the United States.
The library also has the 4 video collection of the series.

Something better for my children: the history and people of Head Start. By Kay Mills.
Call No: LC4091 .M517 1998 Regular Loan
Written by award-winning journalist Kay Mills, this books explores the human side of the founding and endurance of the Head Start program.

Brown v. Board of Education: a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy. By James T. Patterson. Call No: KF4155 .P38 2001 Regular Loan
An excellent summary and thoughtful analysis of the Supreme Court case that challenged segregation in public schools.