Inequity in Education

A Historical Perspective

• Author(s): Debra Meyers, Burke Miller,
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Pages: 282
• ISBN_10: 0739133993
  ISBN_13: 9780739133996
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / History , Social Science / Discrimination , Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects ,

Description:... Inequity in Education represents the latest scholarship investigating issues of race, class, ethnicity, religion, gender, and national identity formation that influenced education in America throughout its history. Targeting sophisticated undergraduates along with graduate students and specialists, this exciting new collection will capitalize on the growing interest in the historical foundations of the problems facing our schools today. This collection of cutting-edge essays and primary source documents represents a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives that will appeal to both social and cultural historians as well as those who teach education courses, including introductory surveys and foundations courses.