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Helen Heffernan and Corinne Seeds were nationally recognized as leaders of the progressive education movement and were key figures in what was probably the most concerted attempt to put the ideals of progressive education into practice in a state-wide system of public education in the United States. This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Democracy and Schooling in California
• Subtitle: The Legacy of Helen Heffernan and Corinne Seeds
• Author: Kathleen Weiler
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 286
• EAN: 9780230338241
• ISBN: 0230338240
• ID: 04553969
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 590 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 157 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. December 2011

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