Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2016
Keywords
Common-schools movement, "Pillars of the Republic", Public schools
Abstract
Perhaps no one put it better than Ellwood Cubberley who, during the first half of the twentieth century, was America’s best-known education historian. Cubberley had attended common schools in Indiana, taught school, and served as superintendent in San Diego, before becoming an education professor at Stanford in 1898 and receiving his doctorate from Teachers College. In his 1919 Public Education in the United States, written for normal-school students, Cubberley laid down a moral tale. He was on the side of the school reformers. His story told of the heroic efforts of Horace Mann and others to overcome ignorance and resistance to achieve something great: public school systems.
Publication Title
Reviews in American History
Volume
44
Issue
2
First Page
342
Last Page
355
DOI
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/621512
Required Publisher's Statement
Published by Johns Hopkins University Press
Recommended Citation
Neem, Johann N., "State of the Field: What is the Legacy of the Common Schools Movement? Revisiting Carl Kaestle's 1983 Pillars of the Republic" (2016). History Faculty and Staff Publications. 78.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/history_facpubs/78
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Public schools--United States; Education--United States--History
Geographic Coverage
United States
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
