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Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reformreviewed by John L. Rury - 1997 Title: Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform Author(s): David Tyack, Larry Cuban Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge ISBN: 0674892836, Pages: 196, Year: 1995 Search for book at Amazon.com School reform has been a feature of public
life in this country for more than two hundred years. As long as
schools have been linked to the peculiar American ideology of
improvement through education, it seems, someone has been trying to
invent a better school. David Tyack and Larry Cuban have examined
the course of educational reform over the past century, with a view
toward informing current and future reform efforts. Theirs is
hardly an exhaustive treatment of the topic; indeed, as a work of
historical scholarship it is largely a sketch of certain
predominant themes. But more important, they offer a framework for
interpreting reform, past and present, which no doubt will be
influential for years to come.
Ever responsible historians, Tyack and Cuban point out that
schools have changed in dramatic ways over the past century, and
that much "reform" has worked to create the multifaceted yet highly
standardized educational system we have today. Along the way a
great many alternative visions were offered... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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