Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers.(Brief article)(Book review)

Education Next | June 22, 2006 | Copyright

Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers. Edited by J. Wesley Null and Diane Ravitch (Information Age Publishing).

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In the foreword to Forgotten Heroes Diane Ravitch explains, "When I was a graduate student in the early 1970s, working toward a doctorate in the history of education at Teachers College, I never encountered the names or ideas of William Chandler Bagley or Isaac Kandel. Instead, I imbibed ... a partial history of our nation's educational efforts, based on the view that American ...

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