Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Carl Kaestle, one of the most eminent education historians in the United States, the book includes chapters that address some of the major concerns of U.S. education today, all of which are particular foci of Kaestle s work: urban education, equity, the role of the federal government, and national standards. On each topic, the book presents summaries of new research and explores the uses of history to help further the connections between...
Clio at the Table provides important historical perspectives on contemporary education policy issues. Based on a conference held in honor of Ca...
The politically conservative educators of World War II dramatically and rapidly altered policies, programs, schedules, learning materials, classroom activities, and the content of academic courses. They motivated students to salvage materials, sell war stamps, grow crops, learn about wartime issues, and take pride in patriotism. They prepared millions of people for the armed services and the defense industries. These accomplishments were possible because the educators were supported by an unprecedented alliance that included teachers, school administrators, industrialists, military personnel,...
The politically conservative educators of World War II dramatically and rapidly altered policies, programs, schedules, learning materials, classroom a...
African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the National Education Association (NEA). This book explores the relationship between the NEA, the nation s largest teacher organization, and the predominately black American Teachers Association, and illustrates how African American educators helped to redefine the NEA s core ideology to include the support of policies, practice, and politics that promoted educational equity for children and educators who have been historically marginalized. Examining...
African American educators shaped a role for themselves in the larger civil rights movement by striving for inclusion, on equal footing, in the Nation...
The second edition of Schools of Tomorrow, Schools of Today: Progressive Education in the 21st Century documents a new collection of child-centered progressive schools founded in the first half of the twentieth century and provides histories of some contemporary examples of progressive practices. Part I discusses six progressive schools founded in the first part of the twentieth century (City and Country; Dalton; the Weekday School at Riverside Church; The Laboratory School at the Institute of Child Study; Alabama State Teachers College Laboratory High School; and Highlander), tracing...
The second edition of Schools of Tomorrow, Schools of Today: Progressive Education in the 21st Century documents a new collection of child-cent...
This book describes the emergence of a varied collection of higher education institutionsing New York's Capital District, the cities of Albany, Troy, and Schenectady, primarily during the period from 1790 to the 1850s.
This book describes the emergence of a varied collection of higher education institutionsing New York's Capital District, the cities of Albany, Troy, ...
This book describes the emergence of a varied collection of higher education institutionsing New York's Capital District, the cities of Albany, Troy, and Schenectady, primarily during the period from 1790 to the 1850s.
This book describes the emergence of a varied collection of higher education institutionsing New York's Capital District, the cities of Albany, Troy, ...
