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Michael Boone
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BIOGRAPHY Contributor to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (2010) whose work for that encyclopedia formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
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William Ball was an American attorney and expert on constitutional questions concerning the role of religion in education. Ball argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and assisted in 25 others. Several were landmarks in the development of case law and policy on church-and-state relations.…
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Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent
Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (January 2010)
For a free 30-day online trial to this title, visit www.sagepub.com/freetrialEducational reform, and to a lesser extent educational dissent, occupy a prominent place in the annals of U.S. education. Whether based on religious, cultural, social, philosophical, or pedagogical grounds, they are ever-present in our educational history. Although some reforms have been presented as a remedy for society′s ills, most programs were aimed toward practical transformation of the existing system to...
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