Education Battles, Preliminary Edition

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Scholasticism vs. Rationalism
Introduction
Dennis R. Herschbach – Governing in the Name of God
Dennis R. Herschbach – Dissention and Challenge
Dennis R. Herschbach – Schools and God
Dennis R. Herschbach – Kinds of Instruction
Dennis R. Herschbach – Of Statuses & Class
Summary

CHAPTER 2 Northern vs. Southern Beliefs
Introduction
Benjamin Franklin – Proposals Relating to the Youth in Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson – A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge
Dennis R. Herschbach – Toward a Slave Society
Dennis R. Herschbach – Schooling for Some but Not for All
Summary

CHAPTER 3 DuBois & Washington Points of View
Introduction
Dennis R. Herschbach – Reconstruction: Freeman & Education
Dennis R. Herschbach – The Education of Black Children
W.E.B. DuBois – The Talented Tenth
Booker T. Washington Delivers the 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech
Summary

CHAPTER 4 Progressive vs. Essentialist
Introduction
Dennis R. Herschbach – Arthur Bestor: Restoring Intellectual Integrity
Dennis R. Herschbach – Protecting the Nation: The War Hawks

CHAPTER 5 Public vs. Charter vs. Private
Introduction
Dennis R. Herschbach – A less than Bright Morning
Dennis R. Herschbach – Charter Schools: The Wedge of Privatization
Dennis R. Herschbach – The Obama Administration: Racing to the Top Slowly
What is a Charter School?
Summary