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The End of School Reform

By: Maurice R. Berube,Clair T. Berube

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Education as a major social movement is coming to an end. The theoretical framework for this proposition derives from Thomas Kuhn's theory of paradigm shifts of major movements and Hegel's 'end of history' thesis. The 'end of school reform' thesis blends Arthur Danto's 'end of art', John Horgan's 'end of science', and Francis Fukuyama's 'end of history' theses. Including interviews of education historians and policy professors, The End of School Reform maintains that educational innovation may still continue, but only on a piecemeal basis.

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0742539474

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American Presidents and Education

By: Maurice R. Berube

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American Presidents and Education

By: Maurice R. Berube

The role of the president of the United States in regard to education changed significantly following the end of World War II. As the U.S. economy became more sophisticated and the country emerged as the dominant technological and world power, the demand for an educated work force increased. In this work, Maurice R. Berube offers the first comprehensive analysis of the involvement of American presidents in educational policy, tracing the efforts of administrations from Washington to Bush, and chronicling the national and international pressures to shape educational policies that have characterized the post-World War II era. Berube's work takes the form of a policy study as he analyzes presidential programs in education, the reasons for their implementation, and their correlation to national educational outcomes. Beginning with the birth of the presidency, he examines successful programs that had a considerable impact and less successful efforts that were significant either ideologically or as forerunners of future policies. The constitutional constraints of the president's role in education are explored, as well as recent developments including the corporate presidency and the rhetorical presidency. Among the other issues addressed are education and the economy and the federal and state constitutions' views of a right to education. This work will be a unique and valuable resource for students of presidential history, the politics of education, and contemporary issues in education, as well as an important addition to public and academic library collections.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313388245

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9780313388248

Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

Essays on the Politics of Culture

By: Maurice R. Berube

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Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

Essays on the Politics of Culture

By: Maurice R. Berube

Berube examines the political matrix of intellectual and cultural America. In a wide-ranging series of essays from the rise of the postmodern intellectual to a modernist appreciation of the spiritual quality of the paintings of Jackson Pollock, Berube stakes out his claim that all areas of human endeavor are rooted in a politics of culture. The essay collection is divided into three sections: The first two essays deal with the postmodern intellectual and the corporate university; the second section plumbs the depth of a conservative school reform movement and asks whether we have not reached an end to education reform. The last section contains essays pertaining to precarious state of arts education in the schools, reflections on a modernist literary canon, the contribution of Pollock and plumbing alternative views of Jesus as the penultimate revolutionary. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with cultural studies and education.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313073562

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9780313073564

American School Reform

Progressive, Equity, and Excellence Movements, 1883-1993

By: Maurice R. Berube

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American School Reform

Progressive, Equity, and Excellence Movements, 1883-1993

By: Maurice R. Berube

Berube analyzes the three great educational reform movements in the United States. He shows how they have been shaped by outside societal forces: Progressive Education was an offshoot of the Progressive Movement; Equity Reform in the 1960s was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement; Excellence Reform in the last decade was a response to foreign economic competition. Within each matrix, common characteristics of each movement emerge. Progressive Education with its emphasis on critical thinking and child-centered schools set the stage for what was to follow. Equity Reform sought to complete the unfinished agenda of Progressive Education in educating the poor. Excellence Reform repudiated both in the name of higher standards and content-specific curriculums. The emergence of sophisticated educational research since the 1960s has influenced educational policy to be more research-based. Berube provides a necessary overview of the great movements in school reform over the last century.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313389721

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9780313389726

The Moral University

By: Maurice R. Berube,Clair T. Berube, Hampton University; author, The End of School Reform (2006) and The Moral University (2010)

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The Moral University

By: Maurice R. Berube,Clair T. Berube, Hampton University; author, The End of School Reform (2006) and The Moral University (2010)

The Moral University examines the ways that universities act morally toward students, faculty, their communities and the nation. It considers the effectiveness of moral reasoning courses in the curriculum and the growth of leadership courses. The book deals with the myriad ways in which universities act positively toward their communities. It also examines the involvement of universities in national projects. Moreover, the Berubes examine how students and faculty are treated, especially in terms of gender bias. The book concludes on a positive note with a model moral university.

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1442204842

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9781442204843

The Other American The Life Of Michael Harrington

By: Maurice Isserman

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The Other American The Life Of Michael Harrington

By: Maurice Isserman

Most Americans first heard of Michael Harrington with the publication of The Other America, his seminal book on American poverty. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worke

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PublicAffairs

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0786752807

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Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

Essays on the Politics of Culture

By: Maurice R. Berube

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Essays on the Politics of Culture

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American Presidents and Education

By: Maurice R. Berube

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The End of School Reform

The End of School Reform

American Presidents and Education

American Presidents and Education

Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

American School Reform

American School Reform

The Moral University

The Moral University

The Other American The Life Of Michael Harrington

The Other American The Life Of Michael Harrington

Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

Beyond Modernism and Postmodernism

American Presidents and Education

American Presidents and Education

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