Law and the Shaping of Public Education, 1785-1954

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Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 - Education - 259 pages
Using case studies as illustrations, this text explores the ways in which public schooling was shaped by state constitutions, by state statutes and administrative law, and by appellate decisions concerning public public education.

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Building Common Schools in a Nation of Republics
11
Exploring the Primeval Forest
20
Case Studies of Michigan
77
PART II
127
Reconstruction and Black
133
Making
154
EPILOGUE
193
APPENDIX
207
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