Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic
Examining the early debates in the United States over how best to educate the constituents of the new nation. When the founding fathers of the United States inaugurated a system of government that was unprecedented in the modern world, they knew that a functioning democracy required an educated electorate capable of making rational decisions. ......
Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America
Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contributions of high school students have often been overlooked. Only recently have scholars begun to recognize the transformative role teenagers played in reshaping American education. High School ......
Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America
Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contributions of high school students have often been overlooked. Only recently have scholars begun to recognize the transformative role teenagers played in reshaping American education. High ......
Selected Writings from the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education, 1905-1909
From 1900 to 1909, Indian school educators gathered at annual meetings of the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education. The papers they delivered were later published in the Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National Educational Association, but strict guidelines often meant they were heavily edited before ......
In Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger, veteran journalist Justin Murphy argues that Rochester's educational disparities stem from historical and ongoing racial segregation. Education reform alone cannot resolve racial inequity-cities like Rochester must first dismantle segregation. Through interviews and documents, Murphy s how ......
Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era
Listening to Black women share their life experiences as educators Despite significant challenges and historical opposition, Black female teachers stood at the forefront of advocating for and providing education to Black students. Their dedication not only improved opportunities for Black communities but also influenced changes in U.S. laws and ......
Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era
Listening to Black women share their life experiences as educators Despite significant challenges and historical opposition, Black female teachers stood at the forefront of advocating for and providing education to Black students. Their dedication not only improved opportunities for Black communities but also influenced changes in U.S. laws and ......
Mercantile Mischief and Popular Pedagogy in Premodern England
A new account of premodern education that offered non-elite readers lessons in navigating the premodern marketplace Learning to Talk Shop explores the phrasebooks and guides to conversations that flooded the marketplace in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, making a virtual classroom available to an audience who could not afford or did not ......
A selection of speeches from UF's 11th president Bernie Machen, offering insights on public higher education and its challenges and changes The modern university is a beacon for students, a home for scholars, a hub of culture in the community, an engine of discovery, an economic force-a place of many purposes, all facing change or reinvention. ......