A History of Education in Kentucky

Contents

Contents Preface ix Map of Kentucky Counties xii Part 1. 1775 to the Beginning of the Civil War Chapter 1 Tragedies, Blunders, and Promises: Creating a Public School System 3 Chapter 2 The Early History of Higher Education 37 Part 2.The Civil War to 1900 Chapter 3 Elementary and Secondary Education 65 Chapter 4 Higher Education in an Age of Flux 108 Part 3. 1900 to 1941 Chapter 5 Elementary and Secondary Education from the Progressive Era to World War II 145 Chapter 6 Higher Education in the New Century 221 Part 4. World War II to the Mid-1980s Chapter 7 Elementary and Secondary Education from World War II to the Threshold of Major Reform 271 Chapter 8 Higher Education 335 Epilogue Whither Education in Kentucky? 401 Notes 425 Index 491 Illustrations follow page 264 ...