8. TEACHER UNION SUPPORT OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: TRADITIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS

Abstract

After the American Revolution, educational opportunities expanded with the growth of the new democracy, especially in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. For example, policymakers and the public responded to the broadening of white male suffrage in the early 19th century by increasing the number of public and private schools. Americans also believed that women also needed to be more literate so that mothers could help in the education of their children. By the eve of the Civil War, schooling was almost universally available for the white population everywhere except in the South. There, poverty and lower population density still hindered the expansion of schools (Kaestle, 1983; Kaestle & Vinovskis, 1980).

Citation

Vinovskis, M.A. (2004), "8. TEACHER UNION SUPPORT OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: TRADITIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS", Henderson, R.D., Urban, W. and Wolman, P. (Ed.) Teacher Unions and Education Policy: Retrenchment of Reform? (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 3), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 167-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-358X(04)03008-6