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The Development of the Concepts of the Public School and the Private School in the United States

Herzberg, Marcus L
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1038861945

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2002, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Educational Policy and Leadership.
This dissertation is a conceptual study of the development of the concepts of the ‘public school’ and the ‘private school’ in the United States from colonial times to the present day. In creating an analytical framework for examining these concepts and the institutions they represent, this treatment includes both a historical and a legal examination of the development of this distinction. Four distinct facets, or sets of facets regarding the institutional identity of public and private schools are analyzed: sectarianism versus nonsectarianism, control and support, openness, and benefit. The discussion is pivoted around a particular facet, or set of facets, for each chapter, examining the extent to which both public and private schools have come to exhibit a public or private nature regarding that characteristic. This will generally be done by looking at ‘public schools’ as public in a particular sense, and contrasting this with ‘private schools’ as private in that sense. In some senses, these two concepts will appear antithetical, while in others they will be described as part of a continuum. Conceptual conflicts or contradictions, both between and within these classes of institutions are also examined. Furthermore, for each of the facets of the public school – private school relationship discussed, the historical examination to the present day will be followed by some analysis of how recent school reform efforts, especially those referred to as ‘privatization’, are challenging or changing, our conventional concepts of these institutions. Building upon the examination of the four sets of facets for each of these concepts, applicable reform efforts or proposals will be analyzed with regard to how they may be changing that aspect of the public or private school identity. Applications toward educational policy-making and reform are also discussed.
Gerald Reagan (Advisor)
302 p.
public schools; public education; private schools; private education; privatization; school reform; education reform; history of schooling; history of education

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  • Herzberg, M. L. (2002). The Development of the Concepts of the Public School and the Private School in the United States [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1038861945

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Herzberg, Marcus. The Development of the Concepts of the Public School and the Private School in the United States. 2002. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1038861945.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Herzberg, Marcus. "The Development of the Concepts of the Public School and the Private School in the United States." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1038861945

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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