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1. Ravitch and Reform: Should 'Left Back' be Left Back?

Author

Goetz, William W. and Goetz, William W.

Abstract

Reviews Ravitch's "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms," suggesting that: the book is tedious, its documentation is limited, it neglects important reform movements, and it presents troubling accusations about an elitist attitude in public education which has historically been detrimental to the underprivileged. The review asserts that public education provides unique opportunities for upwardly mobile groups without making the humanities the only focus of school curriculum. (SM)

Published
2002

2. The Common School: Neglected Content in the High School Social Studies Classroom?

Author

Goetz, William W.

Abstract

Encourages social studies teachers and curriculum coordinators to consider, in their units on the antebellum period, the common school movement. Notes useful classroom strategies and recommends use of short readings from primary sources. Suggests that students will be fascinated by the intellectual and social forces that motivated discussion of common schools and will quickly create comparisons between past and present. (SR)

Published
1999

3. The Common School: Neglected Content in the High School Classroom?

Author

Goetz, William W.

Abstract

Provides a overview of the development and implementation of free public education. Considers the political climate of 18th-century America and the subsequent controversies concerning tax-supported public education. Discusses such issues as moral education, religious education, civic education, and secular and religious opposition and provides related discussion questions. (MJP)

Published
1998

4. The New Social Studies: The Memoir of a Practitioner.

Author

Goetz, William W.

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Reviews the New Social Studies reform movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Discusses the learning theories that provided the foundation for the movement. Contends that, although the movement faded in the mid-1980s, the impact can still be found in some instructional methods and materials. (CFR)

Published
1994

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