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Peer reviewedBuchanan, Frederick S. – History of Education Quarterly, 1982
Examined are 20th century claims made about the Mormon commitment to education, the historic development of public schooling in Utah and its relationship to the thinking of Brigham Young, and the implications of the Mormon past on the claims made about its educational perspectives. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Education, Public Education
Peer reviewedSheller, Tina H. – History of Education Quarterly, 1982
Examines how the residents of Baltimore, Maryland, reacted to the idea of public schooling in the second quarter of the 19th century. Public education received considerable support. However, it was not embraced uniformly and simultaneously as a solution to alleviate middle- and upper-class anxieties over social change and disorder. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Public Schools
Peer reviewedChurch, Robert L.; And Others – History of Education Quarterly, 1989
Presents comments concerning Lawrence A. Cremin's, "American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876-1980." Robert Church characterizes this volume as providing further evidence for distrusting mass schooling. Michael B. Katz notes that the work provides insight into Cremin's political stance while Harold Silver discusses its…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Education
