 | The Fight for Local Control: Schools, Suburbs, and American Democracy Subjects: Education and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Education -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Democracy and education -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Educational change -- Political aspects -- Un; In The Fight for Local Control , Campbell F. Scribner demonstrates how, in the decades after World War II, suburban communities appropriated legacies of rural education to assert their political autonomy and in the process radically changed educational law. Campbell F. Scribner is Assistant Professor of Education at Ohio Wesleyan University. |
