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David B. Tyack (November 17, 1930 – October 27, 2016) was the Vida Jacks Professor of Education and Professor of History, Emeritus at the
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. Tyack is known for his wide-ranging studies and interpretations of the history of American education. Tyack took his undergraduate degree in 1952 and his PhD in 1958, both at
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. His dissertation under Bernard Bailyn dealt with "Gentleman of letters: a study of
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". Tyack taught at
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from 1959 to 1966, the
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from 1967 to 1969, and since 1969 at Stanford University. He received awards from the
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, and the
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. Tyack served as president of the History of Education Society, 1970 to 1971. After examining late 19th century reform movements in
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and Chicago, Tyack concluded that, "What the structural reformers wanted to do, then, was to replace a rather mechanical form of public
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, which was permeated with 'illegitimate' lay influence, with a streamlined 'professional' bureaucracy in which lay control was carefully filtered through a corporate
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." Tyack died on October 27, 2016 in
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from complications of
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.


Bibliography (Selected items)

* Tyack, David B. ''Seeking common ground: Public schools in a diverse society'' (
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, 2003). * Tyack, David B., and Larry Cuban. ''Tinkering toward
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'' (Harvard University Press, 1995)
online
* Tyack, David, and Elizabeth Hansot. ''Learning Together: A History of
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in American Public Schools: A History of Coeducation in American Public Schools'' (
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, 1992). * Tyack, David, Thomas James, and
Aaron Benavot Aaron Benavot is a global education policy analyst currently working as the director of Education for All Global Monitoring Report. Professional career After completing his doctorate from Stanford University in 1986, Benavot joined University of ...
. ''Law and the shaping of public education, 1785-1954'' (University of Wisconsin Press, 1991). * Tyack, David, and Robert Lowe. "The constitutional moment:
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and Black education in the South." ''American Journal of Education'' (1986): 236-256
in JSTOR
* Tyack, David B., Robert Lowe, and Elisabeth Hansot. ''Public schools in hard times: The
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and recent years'' (Harvard University Press, 1984). * Tyack, David B., and Elisabeth Hansot. '' Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820–1980'' (Basic Books, 1982). * Kantor, Harvey, and David Tyack, eds. ''Work, youth, and schooling: Historical perspectives on vocationalism in American education'' (Stanford University Press, 1982). * Tyack, David, and Elisabeth Hansot. "Conflict and consensus in American public education." ''
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'' (1981): 1-25
in JSTOR
* Strober, Myra H., and David Tyack. "Why do women teach and men manage? A report on research on schools." ''Signs'' 5#3 (1980): 494-503
in JSTOR
* Meyer, John W., David Tyack, Joane Nagel and Audri Gordon. "Public Education as Nation-Building in America: Enrollments and Bureaucratization in the American States, 1870-1930," ''
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'' 85#3 (1979), pp. 591–61
in JSTOR
* "The spread of public schooling in Victorian America: In search of a reinterpretation." ''History of Education'' 7#3 (1978): 173-182. * Tyack, David, and
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. "The man nobody liked: Toward a social history of the truant officer, 1840-1940." ''
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'' 29.1 (1977): 31-54
in JSTOR
* "Pilgrim's progress: Toward a social history of the school superintendency, 1860-1960." ''
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'' 16.3 (1976): 257-300
in JSTOR
* "Ways of seeing: An essay on the history of compulsory schooling." ''
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'' 46#3 (1976): 355-389. * ''The one best system: A history of American urban education'' (Harvard University Press, 1974). * "The tribe and the common school: Community control in rural education." ''American Quarterly'' 24.1 (1972): 3-19.
in JSTOR
* "The perils of pluralism: The background of the Pierce case." ''American Historical Review'' (1968): 74-98
in JSTOR
* ''George Ticknor and the Boston Brahmins'' (Harvard University Press, 1967) * "The Kingdom of God and the common school: Protestant ministers and the educational awakening in the West." ''Harvard Educational Review'' 36.4 (1966): 447-469.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tyack, David 1930 births 2016 deaths American historians of education Stanford Graduate School of Education faculty Harvard University alumni