| To Get a Better School System: One Hundred Years of Education Reform in Texas Contributor(s): Preuss, Gene B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1603441115 ISBN-13: 9781603441117 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Gene B. Preuss examines not only the public policy wrangling and historical context leading up to and surrounding the Gilmer-Akin legislation, but also places the discussion in the milieu of the national movement for school reform. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 379.764 |
| LCCN: 2008050656 |
| Series: Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students Texas A & M University (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.00 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1949, as postwar Texas was steadily becoming more urban and calls for education reform were gathering strength throughout the state and nation, State Representative Claud Gilmer and State Senator A. M. Aikin Jr. sponsored a bill designed to increase salaries for Texas schoolteachers. Also tied to the bill, however, were provisions related to sweeping changes in school funding and access to education for minorities. In To Get a Better School System, Gene B. Preuss examines not only the public policy wrangling and historical context leading up to and surrounding the Gilmer-Aikin legislation, but also places the discussion in the milieu of the national movement for school reform. |
