Books by Ronald W. Evans

Harold O Rugg was professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a leader among the social frontier group that argued that schools should help to reconstruct society. This book discusses his life story and reveals the direction of schooling in American life. It provides historical perspective on the recurring struggles over education.

Two persistent dilemmas haunt school reform: curriculum politics and classroom constancy. Both undermined the 1960s' new social studies, a dynamic reform movement centered on inquiry, issues, and social activism. Engagingly written and thoroughly researched, The Tragedy of American School Reform offers a provocative perspective on current trends.

The Hope of American School Reform tells the story of the origins of the reform in science and math education. The book is drawn, in part, on new research from previously untapped archival sources. The aim of this work is to contribute to our understanding of a major effort to reform school curricula.