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One in a collection of papers on George Peabody, educational philanthropist, discusses the history of his philanthropy. The paper looks at Peabody's life, death, and unusual funeral, his fortune, the first institute (bor...
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One in a collection of articles on George Peabody, a self-made millionaire who donated enormous sums to support education, examines Peabody's efforts after the Civil War to support education, highlighting the development...
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Educational philanthropist George Peabody was deeply moved by the post-Civil War poverty in the southern United States and eventually created the Peabody Education Fund to support southern education. The paper, which is ...
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One in a collection of articles on George Peabody provides a short biography of Peabody, who grew up poor, became wealthy, then gave of his wealth for education. (SM)...
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Educators anticipate bold new education reform initiatives from President Bill Clinton and his Education Secretary, Richard Riley. A priority project is college tuition loans, repayable through voluntary public service j...
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This document explores a selection influential books and reports on U.S. education that appeared between 1749 and the 1990s. The analysis begins with Benjamin Franklin's "Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in P...
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In the spirit of educational reform efforts, public schools have national goals for the first time and are under pressure to adopt a national curriculum, national testing, and parental choice of schools. School reform de...
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Pressure to upgrade education standards, especially from the six national goals for U.S. education set forth in President Bush's America 2000 program, has affected teacher education. In addition, other pressure has come ...
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This study provides a comprehensive history of state education in England and Wales and asks why state education was delayed longer in these two countries than in other developed nations. Section 1 provides a history of ...
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The major events and trends in U.S. teacher education which occurred during 1990 are summarized. The following topics are discussed: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE); Holmes Group; Goodlad ...
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A summary of some of the major events in education that occurred in 1990 in the United States, France, the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China, is presented. The events discussed fall into the following categories: t...
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Materials concerning education in England and Wales are presented in this annotated bibliography containing an introduction and 13 topical chapters. The introduction features a brief history of state education in England...
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This is Part II of a two-part annotated bibliography of selected references on medical education in the People's Republic of China. The references date from 1913 to 1982. Most of the references are from the 1960's and 19...
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This is part I of a two-part annotated bibliography of selected references on medical education in the People's Republic of China. The references date from 1925 to 1983. Most of the references are from the 1970's. (RH)...
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Eleven recent major reports on the status of American education are listed and their availability noted. Other synopses, related materials, and individual and organizational information sources are also outlined. (MSE)...