Author: INDIANA STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Title: Advancing the Cause of Education a History of the Indiana State Teachers Association, 1854-2004
Description: West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2004. Hardcover. ISBN: 1557533644. B&W Illustrations; 9.10 X 6.30 X 0.80 inches; x, 452 pages; Hard cover is blue cloth with silver lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 52 b/w pictures. "On Christmas Day in 1854, teachers and advocates of education came together to form the Indiana State Teachers Association. At that time, many Hoosiers did not embrace the concept of "free education," instead believing that schools ought to be funded by those who were being educated. Immediately after ISTA's founding, its members began their advocacy of education, especially free public education for all children." Notes; 2 appendices; bibliography; index.. New in New dust jacket .

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