American Education

Wayne Urban is Professor of Education and Associate Director of the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama, USA. Jennings Wagoner was Professor of the History of Education and received the University's Distinguished Professor Award by the UVA Alumni Association at the University of Virginia, USA,

1. Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions


2. Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607–1776


3. Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776–1830


4. The Common Man and the Common School: 1820–1860


5. Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800–1900


6. Beginning a Modern School System: 1865–1890


7. Organizing the Modern School System: Educational Reform in the Progressive Era, 1890–1915


8. Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915–1929


9. The Effects of Depression and War on American Education: 1930–1946


10. Education during and after the Crucial Decade: 1945–1960


11. The Pursuit of Equality: 1960–1980


12. From Equality to Excellence: American Education: 1980–2008


13. American Education in the Twenty-First Century