Distestablishment a Second Time: Genuine Pluralism for American Schools

by James W. Skillen, Rockne M. McCarthy, William A. Harper
Christian University Press and Wm. B. Eerdmans (1982)
Paperback, 163 pages
 

• Is the proper task of government to establish schools or should it restrict itself to the indirect aid and encouragement of education?
• Should the primary responsibility for education reside with parents, local communities, state, or the federal government?

These are just two of the questions asked by the authors in this study, which aims primarily to examine critically the place and function of schools in the American republic and to suggest some structural changes that could lead to greater educational justice. A complement to the widely acclaimed Society, State, & Schools (Eerdmans, 1981), this book stresses the acutal philosophical and historical context of education in America. The authors persuasively show what needs to be changed in Amerian schools and, more importantly, why such change is right.