Foundations of Modern School Practices: A Sourcebook of Educational Wisdom - Paperback

by Corey Lock (Author)

This is a book is of educational ideas, commentaries, and observations from the past. The passages recorded here come from educational writings that were produced between 1880 and 1935-a time period that began with spirited calls for school reform and ended with a new and different concept of what it meant to be educated. It was this new concept of education that laid the foundation for the modern American school system.

Author Biography

Corey R. Lock is a professor of educational leadership at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. His area of specialty is curriculum, particularly the foundations and history of American public school curriculum.