Progressive Paradox: The Origin Story of School Janitors in the United States

Autor/in	Smilie, Kipton D.
Titel	Progressive Paradox: The Origin Story of School Janitors in the United States
Quelle	In: History of Education, 51 (2022) 6, S.807-826 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2022.2050305
Schlagwörter	School Personnel; Sanitation; School Maintenance; Educational History; Blue Collar Occupations; Power Structure; School Administration; Elementary Secondary Education; Role; Content Analysis; Job Training; Occupational Information; Missouri (Saint Louis) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulpersonal; Betriebshygiene; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Rollen; Inhaltsanalyse; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Berufsinformation
Abstract	The origin story of school janitors in the United States has the potential to provide new perspectives and implications for educational historians to contemplate. Janitors initially entered US schools in the midst of the Progressive Era, primarily as protectors of both student health and new and expanding school buildings. Scholars and school administrators championed the entry of janitors into schools, but quickly presented concerns and critiques regarding school janitors' lack of training as antithetical to the cult of efficiency. Under the surface, these critiques appear to focus on school janitors' working-class backgrounds. This marriage of necessity brought about unintended consequences for administrative progressives. Closely examining the paradoxical entry of school janitors into US schools, particularly through government reviews, textbooks and annual reports from the St Louis (MO) school district, can provide a nuanced perspective on the limits, and the precariousness, of the power held by administrative progressives of the time. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01