Faculty Vita

B. McClellan, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Selected Publications

Readings in the History of American Education (co-edited with William J. Reese). New York: Teachers College Press, forthcoming.

Moral Education in America: Schools and the Shaping of Character since Colonial Times (New York: Teachers College Press, 1999). Revised and updated verson of Schools and the Shaping of Character.

Schools and the Shaping of Character: Moral Education in America, 1607-Present. Bloomington, Ind. : ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, 1992.

The Social History of American Education (co-edited with William J. Reese), Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

Education and American Culture (co-edited with Robert Arnove and Elizabeth Steiner), Macmillan, 1980.

"Moral Education-Has Its Time Come Round Again?" Indiana Alumni Magazine (September-October, 1994)

"Education and the Changing Meaning of American Citizenship: A Syllabus." In Foundations of American Citizenship: A New Direction for Education Graduates. Washington: Council of Chief State School Officers, 1988.

"Public Education and Social Harmony: The Roots of An American Dream". Educational Theory, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Winter 1985).

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

Member - American Historical Association

Member - American Educational Research Association

Member - American Educational Studies Association

Member - American Studies Association

Member - History of Education Society

Member - Midwest History of Education Society

Member - Organization of American Historians

Research Areas

Challenging the Place of the American Public School: The Quest for Private Alternatives, 1960's to the Present

This study explores the challenges to the public school since the 1960's by groups who seek to win tax support for various forms of private education, chiefly in the form of vouchers that would allow parents to send their children to a wide array of private institutions. The goal is to describe the various proposals; to trace their political, social, and ideological roots; to appraise their relative strengths in the American political arena; and to make an informed judgment about the seriousness of this recent challenge to the central place of public education in American Life.