Make Haste Slowly (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)
by William Henry Kellar
When faced by the Court-ordered "all deliberate speed" time frame for school desegregation, a fearful Houston school board member urged the city to "make haste slowly," in order for the school system to receive decisions based on sound judgment and discretion. Houston, Texas, had what may have been the largest racially segregated "Jim Crow" public school system in the United States when the Supreme Court declared the practice unconstitutional in 1954. Ultimately, helped by members of its busines...
Notas historicas sobre la ensenanza superior en Plasencia
by Francisco Javier Rodillo Cordero
Education Reform in the 1990's
When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this 'history of the future', an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient - predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural chang...
Westminster College (The Campus History)
by Barbara Guffey and Debora Swatsworth Foster
Contemporary Educational Theory (Educational Policy, Planning, and Theory)
by Robert E Mason
Victorian Times Pupil Book (Collins Primary History)
by Alf Wilkinson
Collins Primary History provides a rich coverage of the Primary National Curriculum for History. Packed with information, source materials, questions and activities, the beautifully designed pupil books support children to explore, interpret and develop knowledge of significant historical periods. The accompanying Teacher's Guide provides planning support and guidance on making progress in history.
The Enduring Effects of Education
by Herbert Harvey Hyman, Charles R. Wright, and John S Reed
The Kith and Kin of Captain James Leeper and Susan Drake, His Wife
by Nell McNish 1875- Gambill
Enciclopedia illustrata del Liberty a Milano - 0 Volume (053) LIII
by Maurizio Om Ongaro
This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. The point of view taken by this text emphasizes: the role of multiculturalism and cultural domination in shaping U.S. schools; the position of the school as one of many institutions that manage the distribution of ideas in society; racism as a central issue in U.S. history and U.S. educational history; and ec...
Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame recounts the fascinating history of the University of Notre Dame's Department of Philosophy, chronicling the challenges, difficulties, and tensions that accompanied its transition from an obscure outpost of scholasticism in the 1940s into one of the more distinguished philosophy departments in the world today. Its author, Kenneth Sayre, who has been a faculty member for over five decades, focuses on the people of the department, describing what they were li...
This work is designed to assist new teachers in their first years in urban classrooms. The author provides insider recommendations for coping with school realities ranging from overcrowded classes and a lack of appropriate materials, to cultural diversity, bureaucracy and school violence.