The idea that American education has been steered by progressivism is accepted as fact by liberals and conservatives alike. Adam Laats shows that this belief is
In this authoritative history of American education reforms in this century, a distinguished scholar makes a compelling case that our schools fail when they con
Adam Laats offers a provocative and definitive new history of conservative evangelical colleges and universities, institutions that have played a decisive role
Corporate school reforms, especially privatization, union busting, and high-stakes testing have been hailed as the last best hope for public education. Yet, as
By the early twenty-first century, a startling consensus had emerged about the overall aim of American school reform. In an era of political discord, and in a f