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Americans choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely categorized as "public" and "private." How did these distinctions emerge, and what do they tell us about the relationship in the United States between public authority and private enterprise? Challenged by the rise of Catholic and other parochial schools in the nineteenth century, states sought to protect the public school monopoly through regulation. Ultimately, however, Robert N. Gro...

Offers new interpretations of American educational and legal history that consider the central role played by private schools~Argues that public policies from over a century ago aided the rise of modern school choice~Reevaluates the historical relationship between states and Catholic schools~Uses schools to explore the broader relationship in American history between public authority and private enterprise