Bio Sketch: My specialization is Educational Policy Studies. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of American and European education and on an array of reform movements in American history. Selected Publications: Rethinking the History of American Education (co-editor) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), History, Education, and the Schools (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), America's Public Schools: From the Common School to 'No Child Left Behind’ (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), Power and the Promise of School Reform: Grassroots Movements During the Progressive Era (Rev. edition, 2002, Teachers College Press; originally published 1986), Hoosier Schools: Past and Present (editor) (Indiana University Press, 1998), The Origins of the American High School (Yale University Press, 1995) and The Social History of American Education (The University of Illinois Press, 1988). Honors and Awards: Member, National Academy of Education, Named WARF Professor, 2007.
