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Provides a comprehensive historical record of the evolution of the American school curriculum from the colonial period to the present day.

Table of Contents

The Rules and Course of Study of Harvard College, 1642
Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania, 1749
The Yale Report, 1828
The Common School Curriculum, 1839 and 1841
Selection Among Studies, 1842
Graded Course of Instruction for the District Schools of Chicago, 1862
Report of a Committee on a Course of Study from Primary School to University, 1876
Report of the Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies, 1893
Report of the Committee of Fifteen, 1895
Course of Study, St. Louis Public Schools, 1902
The Child and the Curriculum, 1902
Courses of Study, Los Angeles High School, 1908-09
Report of the Committee on Economy of Time in Education, 1913
High School Systems in Ten Cities, 1914
The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education, 1918
Scientific Method in Curriculum-Making, 1918
An Experiment with a Project Curriculum, 1923
Experimental Practice in the City and Country School, 1924
Organization and Program of Platoon Schools in Detroit, 1924
A Program of Individualization, 1925
The Practice of Teaching in the Secondary School, 1926
List of Fundamental Questions on Curriculum-Making and The Foundations of Curriculum-Making, 1927
Reorientation in Education, 1937
Experience and Education, 1938
Reorganizing Secondary Education, 1938
What the High Schools Ought to Teach, 1940
The Story of the Eight-Year Study, 1942
Thirty Schools Tell Their Story, 1942
General Education in a Free Society, 1945
Designing Programs to Meet the Common Needs of Youth, 1953
The Importance of Structure and The Spiral Curriculum, 1960
Realms of Meaning, 1964
The Practical: A Language for Curriculum, 1970
The Roles and Relationships Among the Various Sectors in Curriculum Development, 1976
The Tyler Rationale Reconsidered, 1977
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, 1983

About the Author

GEORGE WILLIS is Professor of Education at the University of Rhode Island. An authority on curriculum history, he has written several books and his articles have appeared in Curriculum Inquiry, Curriculum Perspectives, Educational Leadership, and the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing.

WILLIAM H. SCHUBERT is Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Graduate Curriculum Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has published several books on curriculum development, and his more than 70 articles have appeared in such journals as Curriculum Studies and Educational Researcher.

ROBERT V. BULLOUGH, JR. is Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Utah. He has published numerous books and articles on public education, teachers, and curriculum development.

CRAIG KRIDEL is Curator of the McKissick Museum of Education at the University of South Carolina. Formerly, he was the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in Education at Ohio State University.

JOHN T. HOLTON is Superintendent of the Appoquinimink School District in Delaware. A specialist in curriculum history, he was formerly an Associate Professor at Morehead State University.