Schools as Imagined Communities: The Creation of Identity, Meaning, and Conflict in U.S. History - Hardcover

by S. Dorn (Author), B. Shircliffe (Author), D. Cobb-Roberts (Author)

Government forces mean the notion of a 'community' school has become less defined by decisions on core curriculum. This collection explores the extent to which collective notions of school-community relations have prevented citizens from speaking openly about the tensions created where schools are imagined as communities.

Author Biography

SHERMAN DORN, BARBARA SHIRCLIFFE and DEIRDRE COBB-ROBERTS are historians of education at the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida, USA.