From the Book - Fourth edition.
The school in Colonial America, 1620-1770
The American Revolution and schools for the new republic, 1770-1820
The common school movement, 1820-1860
Schooling moves West, 1835-1860
Slavery, Reconstruction, and the schools of the South, 1820-1937
The emergence of the high school, 1821-1959
Growth and diversity in schools and students, 1880-1960
The progressive era, 1890-1950
Schools in the Cold War era, 1950-1970
Civil rights, integrations, and school reform, 1954-1980
Rights, opportunities, and limits in American education, 1965-1980
Reform efforts of the 1980s and 1990s and the new century, 1980-2005
Curriculum, technology, and new tensions, 2005-2018.