Democracy and Schooling in California The Legacy of Helen Heffernan and Corinne Seeds

This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Ele...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiler, Kathleen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2011, 2011
Series:Historical Studies in Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957
Physical Description:304 p online resource
ISBN:9781137015914