"This classic study is an indispensable resource for anyone who wishes to understand educational reform in the progressive era. Reese's research reaches into the streets and neighborhoods of American life to produce a remarkably rich and nuanced interpretation of this critical period in educational history."
–B. Edward McClellan, Indiana University

"Historians, educational policymakers, and students will be delighted to see this groundbreaking and indispensable study of Progressive Era educational activism back in print. Reese's meticulous research demonstrates the significance of grassroots coalitions for achieving school reform."
–Lynn D. Gordon, University of Rochester

"A lively, balanced, and persuasive account of three decades of reforms that changed the character of urban education. Educational reformers today have much to learn from the strategies and achievements of the grass-roots activists of the Progressive era."
– David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and Professor of History Emeritus, Stanford University

Now published by Teachers College Press, thisclassic text includes new photographs and a new Introduction by Jeffrey Mirel that brings the book up to date. Power and the Promise of School Reform remains the foremost volume to examine how grass-roots movements operated during the early twentieth century to shape urban education in the United States.