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| PART ONE Religion and Education: Its Roots and Continuing Legacy |
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The Biblical Commonwealth |
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3 | (16) |
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Massachusetts School Law of 1642 |
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Violation by the Town of Topsfield of the Massachusetts School Law of 1642 (1668) |
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Massachusetts School of Law of 1647 |
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7 | (1) |
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Connecticut School Law of 1650 |
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7 | (1) |
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John Eliot Requests a College for Massachusetts Bay (1636) |
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8 | (1) |
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Description of the Founding of Harvard College (1636) |
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9 | (1) |
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Selections from the Earliest Extant Copy of the New England Primer (1727) |
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10 | (3) |
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Michael Wigglesworth, ``The Day of Doom'' (1662) |
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18 | (1) |
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Education as the Safeguard of Liberty |
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19 | (10) |
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Thomas Jefferson on His Own Education (c. 1760) |
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20 | (1) |
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Thomas Jefferson's ``Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge'' (1779) |
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Thomas Jefferson's ``Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom'' (1779) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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Religion and the Schools: Conflicting Values |
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29 | (9) |
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The Amendments to the United States Constitution |
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30 | (7) |
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37 | (1) |
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Compulsion, Religion, and the Schools: The Free Exercise Clause |
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38 | (14) |
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Decisions on the Constitutional Right to Operate a Religious School (1925) |
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40 | (1) |
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Decisions on Mandatory Saluting of the Flag (1940) |
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Decisions on Mandatory Saluting of the Flag (1943) |
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45 | (6) |
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51 | (1) |
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Religion and the Schools: The Establishment Clause |
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52 | (13) |
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Decisions on Released Time for Religious Instruction on School Premises (1948) |
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53 | (4) |
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Decision on Recitation of Prayers in Public Schools (1962) |
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57 | (4) |
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Decision on Bible Reading in the Public Schools (1963) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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64 | (1) |
| PART TWO Local versus Centralized Control of Schooling: Past and Present |
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The District School and Noah Webster's United States |
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67 | (12) |
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Description of a District School in Union County, Pennsylvania (1857) |
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70 | (1) |
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Noah Webster Urges Reform of Spelling (1789) |
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71 | (3) |
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Noah Webster on the Necessity for an American Language (1789) |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (1) |
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Horace Mann and the Common School Crusade |
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79 | (8) |
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Senator Daniel Webster on the Schools as a ``Wise and Liberal System of Police'' (1820) |
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Horace Mann's Thoughts on Being Chosen Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education (1837) |
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81 | (3) |
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Henry Barnard on the Needs of the Connecticut Common Schools (1839) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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The ``One Best System'' and the Feminization of the Teaching Profession |
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87 | (14) |
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Horace Mann's Twelfth Annual Report (1848) |
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88 | (11) |
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The Superiority of Women as Teachers (1846) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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U.S. Textbooks in the Nineteenth Century |
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101 | (12) |
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Good Pronunciation with Moral Lessons from the American Spelling Book (1831) |
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102 | (2) |
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Selection from McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader (1853) |
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104 | (2) |
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Lesson from McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader (1848) |
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106 | (3) |
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Selection from McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader (1879) |
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109 | (2) |
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The Lesson of American History (1859) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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Education Vouchers: Parental versus Societal Control Revisited |
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113 | (10) |
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On Education Vouchers (1971) |
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114 | (7) |
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121 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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121 | (2) |
| PART THREE Retreat from Commonality: Education of the ``Child Races'' |
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123 | (76) |
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Booker T. Washington and Industrial Education |
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125 | (18) |
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From: ``Up from Slavery:'' The Story of Booker T. Washington |
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127 | (2) |
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Booker T. Washington on the Educational Outlook for Negroes in the South (1885) |
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129 | (4) |
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Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address (1895) |
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133 | (3) |
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W. E. B. Du Bois on Booker T. Washington (1903) |
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136 | (3) |
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``The Talented Tenth'' (1903) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (9) |
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The Separate but Equal Doctrine |
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144 | (3) |
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Decision on a Separate School of Law for Negroes in Texas (1950) |
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147 | (3) |
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Segregation of a Graduate Student in a State University Ruled Unconstitutional (1950) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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The Education of the Immigrant: Common or Special Education |
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152 | (20) |
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A Russian Immigrant in the ``Promised Land'' (1912) |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (10) |
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A U.S. Bureau of Education Official on Education and the Chinese Migration (1875) |
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167 | (4) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (8) |
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
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173 | (4) |
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``With All Deliberate Speed'' (1955) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (2) |
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Affirmative Action: The Next Step |
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180 | (11) |
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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181 | (2) |
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President Lyndon Johnson's Call upon Congress to Pass Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965) |
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183 | (2) |
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Eliminate Racial Discrimination Root and Branch |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (8) |
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The Case of Reverse Discrimination |
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192 | (3) |
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Affirmative Action Denied |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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197 | (2) |
| PART FOUR Contemporary Issues: Equity, Inclusion, and Abuse |
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Financial Equity: Local Control Revisited |
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201 | (6) |
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203 | (3) |
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206 | (1) |
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Mainstreaming and Inclusion: Out of Sight/Out of Mind |
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207 | (11) |
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209 | (7) |
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216 | (2) |
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Testing: A History of Abuse |
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218 | (21) |
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The Psychological Method of Measuring Intelligence (1905) |
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221 | (3) |
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Lewis Terman on the Theory and Practice of Intelligence Testing (1916) |
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224 | (8) |
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232 | (5) |
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237 | (1) |
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Suggestions for Further Reading |
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237 | (2) |
| Subject Index |
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239 | (4) |
| Name Index |
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