Browsing by Subject "Public Education"

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    The Impact of Caleb Mills on the Hoosier Education Debate: An Edition of Two Unpublished Addresses
    (2007) Natali, Bethany Leigh; Wokeck, Marianne Sophia
    This thesis examines how the writings of Caleb Mills impacted the development of public education in Indiana and includes an edition of two unpublished addresses by Mills, “A Lecture on Popular Education” and “Knowledge is Power.” The addresses provide a much-needed glimpse of some of Caleb Mills’ efforts other than his famous addresses as “One of the People.” The works demonstrate how the education reformer outlined his views regarding the ideals of proper education found in his much better known “One of the People” addresses and also highlight the education debate that has continued into the early twenty-first century.
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    Kindling the Fires of Patriotism: The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, 1866-1949
    (2014) Sacco, Nicholas W.; Labode, Modupe; Morgan, Anita A.; Towne, Stephen E., 1961-
    Following the end of the American Civil War in 1865, thousands of Union veterans joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the largest Union veterans' fraternal organization in the United States. Upwards of 25,000 Hoosier veterans were members in the Department of Indiana by 1890, including President Benjamin Harrison and General Lew Wallace. This thesis argues that Indiana GAR members met in fraternity to share and construct memories of the Civil War that helped make sense of the past and the present. Indiana GAR members took it upon themselves after the war to act as gatekeepers of Civil War memory in the Hoosier state, publicly arguing that important values they acquired through armed conflict—obedience to authority, duty, selflessness, honor, and love of country—were losing relevance in an increasingly industrialized society that seemingly valued selfishness, materialism, and political radicalism. This thesis explores the creation of Civil War memories and GAR identity, the historical origins of Memorial Day in Indiana, and the Indiana GAR's struggle to incorporate ideals of "patriotic instruction" in public school history classrooms throughout the state.
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    Neoliberal policies in the public education system: impact of charter schools among minority school children in urban cities
    (2017-08) Esqueda, Ana Lilia; Seybold, Peter
    The purpose of this thesis is to find out the impact of neoliberal policies in the public education system, especially the impact of charter schools among minority school children in urban cities. The focus will be the ideologies and practices that shape educational policy and their connection to neoliberalism. This will give a better understanding on how different policies, culture and society affect the life of many generations of children from different minority groups in the United States. It is my intent to identify and explain the different causes of the inequality within the primary education system, how neoliberalism has been institutionalized in the primary school system, and the consequences of the neoliberal ideology for economic opportunities of the American children.