A Fire to Kindle A - H

The myriad of social changes in the world since the 1830s are often best reflected in our schools. When Harris County was formed, support for public education was far from universal. Many of the earliest schools were organized by German immigrants, and it took carpetbaggers and Reconstruction to bring about public schools as we know them today. A Fire to Kindle sheds light on the realities of segregation, school property taxes, bilingual education, and the impact of wartime on our children. It e