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Feldman, Ruth Tenzer

Don't Whistle in School: The History of American Schools

88 pp. | Lerner | August, 2001 | Library ISBN 0-8225-1745-0 $$25.26
(4) YA People's History series. The author begins her survey of public education with the Latin schools established in the colonies and includes sections on frontier schools, the impact of immigration, and desegregation. She concludes with a brief discussion of computers and virtual classrooms. This overview contains many interesting facts but jumps too quickly from one subject to another. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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