Encyclopedia of American Reform Movements, edited by John R. McKivigan and Heather L. Kaufman

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Headword List A-H

Abolition

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Health Care Reform

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Headword List L-P

Labor Movement

LGBT Rights

Media Reform

Pacifism & Anti-War

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Public Education Reform

Headword List R-W

Radical Right

Religious Benevolence

Socialism & Pol. Rad.

Temperance

Women's Rights

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Public Education Reform


Available Entries
Future of Reform Movement                  
Privatization and Attack on Secularism in Public Education      
           
Author Suggested Illustrations, Tables, and Documents

 


Reserved Entries
Introductory Overview Essay of Reform Movement    

Theory of Reform Movement
Debate between Education Reform Models

Historical Development of Reform Movement
  
Northwest Ordinance Provides Public Financing of Education (1785)
Establishing a Public Education System             
Native American Education    
Gender and American Education Policy 
Race and American Education Policy        
“Progressive Education” and Social Engineering  
Broadening Modern Educational Opportunities
Prison Educational Programs
Public Educators’ Labor Unions      
Back to Basics Movement v. Multiculturalism  

Key Moments
Morrill Act funds Land Grant College
WPA's Puckhorse Library Operation

Lyndon Johnson Proposes Legislation to Found “Project Head Start” (1965)
Title IX of the Education Amendments Mandates Gender Equality in Educational Opportunity (1972) 

Intersections with other Reform Movements
Public Education Reform and Abolition, Civil Rights, Religious Benevolence, and Women's Rights Movement

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Topic Availability
Article topic availability is on a first-come-first-serve basis. The editors will make final topic assignments and send each author a copy of the Contributor Agreement.

The editors welcome suggestions for additions to the headword list. These suggestions will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

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Authors will have 180 days from assignment to submit their manuscripts. After editorial amendments, the entry will be finalized and Facts On File will make payments directly to contributors.

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