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Alaska Department of Education: A Place for Teachers
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development provides various resources specifically dedicated for teachers. Content includes teacher certification information, assessment information, curriculum and instruction...
University of Texas at Austin
Lbj for Kids! Education
Providing photos, audio clips, primary texts, a timeline, and a glossary, this website is a good introduction to President Lyndon Johnson's efforts to reform education in the United States. Listen to (or read) Johnson's "Great Society...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Education
A result of one of the social reforms that attacked child labor was the increase in public education. See how education for all was addressed in the late 19th century, and read about the increased availability of higher education for...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Education in Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they research public education in Texas, how well schools are doing, how they...
University of Wisconsin
Center on Education & Work
Investigate the world of work and careers using the Center on Education & Work resources.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Educating About Immigration
Immigration has always played a critical part in American history. Legalities, history, and reform of immigration are offered. Find lessons for teachers and data for students conducting research on immigration. [Free registration...
University of Notre Dame
History of American Education: Horace Mann: "The Father of American Education"
This brief student-written article focuses on some of Horace Mann's contributions to American education during the 19th century.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Various middle school science resources from the Smithsonian Institution.
Other
Annie Sechrist: The Role of the Printing Press in the Reformation
Handwritten bibles were seldom found anywhere but within the walls of churches or in the hands of clergymen until the printing press afforded the opportunity for more production, faster, so that anyone willing and able to purchase one...
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame: Summary of "Goals 2000"
An overview from the University of Notre Dame of "Goals 2000 - The Clinton Administration Education Program." Discusses modern educational reform. Describes the "National Education Goals," which are part of the Goals 2000: Educate...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Political Cartoons
Offers teaching activities, four political cartoons, and a narrative about reforms proposed by three major presidential candidates in 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Social and Cultural Issues in the Antebellum Period
Article covering Antebellum social and cultural movements including education reform, literature, Seneca Falls, immigration, and religion.
Other
Susan B. Anthony House: Her Story
This detailed biography of Susan B. Anthony provides sections that focus on her work as an abolitionist, education reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Catharine Beecher
Catharine Esther Beecher was a nineteenth century teacher and writer who promoted equal access to education for women.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Stirrings of Reform
The democratic upheaval in politics exemplified by Jackson's election was merely one phase of the long American quest for greater rights and opportunities for all citizens. Another was the beginning of labor organization, primarily among...
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Reformation
Learn about the Religious Reformation in Europe that allowed for the spread of new ideas in both science and religion.
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Higher Education: Old World, New Worlds
This article from McGraw-Hill Higher Education discusses European exploration in the late 1400s and 1500s and its impact on English colonization hundreds of years later.
Digital History
Digital History: The Struggle for Public Schools
The ideal of public education has been one in the United States from the very earliest settlements. Read two teachers' view of the state of education as they taught in the early 1800s. Find out who supported the idea of free schooling...
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Hawaii Department of Education: Homepage
Plenty of information here at the Hawaii Department of Education to enlighten both teachers and parents. In addition to the expected links to such areas as test scores, school goals and philosophy, and job opportunities, you will find...
Other
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Progressive Era
A good overview of the reforms that were instituted not only in Georgia, but in the entire country during the Progressive Era. Read a history of the beginnings of progressivism, the people involved, and a recounting of the various...
Arizona State University
Jaie: American Indians Out of School
This well-developed article from Journal of American Indian Education describes the high Native American dropout rates and attributes the cause to the conflict between the school and home cultures.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: The Eleuterio Escobar Collection
Site chronicles the life of Escobar (1894-1970 CE) and his ongoing fight to obtain educational equality and better conditions in academic facilities for Hispanic American children.
PBS
Pbs: Eleuterio Escobar
From the PBS series "The Border," find a short biography of Escobar (1894-1970 CE) and his struggle for Mexican American education reform.
Other
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The fascinating history of the WCTU and the many causes it advocated.