Paul W. Bennett

Paul W. Bennett, Ed.D. (OISE/Toronto), is a Halifax author and an independent educational policy consultant. His previous books include The Grammar School: Striving for Excellence in a Public School World (2009), Canada: A North American Nation (1995), Years of Promise, 1896–1911 (1986) and Emerging Identities: Problems and Interpretations in Canadian History (1986), co-authored with Cornelius J. Jaenen. 

 

Books by Paul W. Bennett

Vanishing Schools, Threatened Communities

Vanishing Schools, Threatened Communities

The Contested Schoolhouse in Maritime Canada 1850–2010

Paul W. Bennett

Traditional schoolhouses and neighbourhood schools are disappearing at an alarming rate, making way for ”big box” schools that serve multiple communities and adhere to the logic of modernization, centralization and uniformity. In Vanishing Schools, Threatened Communities, author Paul W. Bennett explores the phenomenon of school closures, focusing on Maritime Canada from 1850 until the present day. Here is a lively, stimulating book that examines the rise of common schooling from one-… (more information)