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Book Synopsis

This book focuses on the intersections between Catholic schools and public education reforms.



Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. What Is an American Public School?

2. A “Heterodoxical Spectacle”: Public Recognition and Accreditation

3. “More Than Measurable Human Products”: Educational Measurement and Intelligence Testing

4. “Secularization Would Never Be Worth the Price”: Federal Funding, Catholic Schools, and the Great Depression

5. The Sectarian Question: The National Education Association and the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1930–1956

6. “Did We Break an Arm Sliding Home?”: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965

7. What Is an American Catholic School in an Era of Choice?

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author

American Catholic Schools in the Twentieth

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: 1/21/2022 12:03:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781475866605, 978-1475866605
      ISBN10: 1475866607

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book focuses on the intersections between Catholic schools and public education reforms.



      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      1. What Is an American Public School?

      2. A “Heterodoxical Spectacle”: Public Recognition and Accreditation

      3. “More Than Measurable Human Products”: Educational Measurement and Intelligence Testing

      4. “Secularization Would Never Be Worth the Price”: Federal Funding, Catholic Schools, and the Great Depression

      5. The Sectarian Question: The National Education Association and the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1930–1956

      6. “Did We Break an Arm Sliding Home?”: The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965

      7. What Is an American Catholic School in an Era of Choice?

      Notes

      Bibliography

      About the Author

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