Using the History of Urban Education to Teach Public Administration and Policy Susan F. Semel, City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center Abstract The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the use of research in the history of urban education in public administration and policy courses. I argue that studying history is necessary for understanding contemporary issues in educational reform and policy and these should be part of courses in public administration and policy.

The History of Urban Education and Public Administration and Policy The study of the history of urban education allows for the analysis of different types of education systems and enables students to understand the historical development of administration and management of schools. The study of the history of urban education enables students to understand the effects of different types of administration and management of schools, especially with respect to social and educational inequality and the role of schools in reducing or reproducing these inequalities. The study of the history of urban educational policy enables students to understand how the roots of current educational debates and reforms.

The History of Early Schools Kaestle, C. (1983). Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860. Tyack, D. (1974). The One Best System: A History of American Urban Education

Progressive Education and School Organization and Processes Semel, S.F., Sadovnik, A.R. & Coughlan, R.W. (2016). Schools of Tomorrow, Schools of Today: Progressive Education in the 21st Century

Gender and School Leadership: Issues in School Administration and Leadership Sadovnik, A.R. and Semel, S.F. (2002). Founding Mothers and Others: Women Leaders During the Progressive Era. Blount, J. (1998). Destined to Rule the Schools: Women and the Superintendency.

History of Urban Educational Policy I: Race, Segregation and School Organization James, M. (2005). The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000 Perlstein, D. (2004). Justice, Justice: School Politics and the Eclipse of Liberalism

Urban Educational Policy II: Charter Schools, Accountability, and Teacher Performance Evaluations Ravitch, D. (2010). The Death and Life of the Great American School System Russakoff, Dale. (2015) The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?