We examined the measurement of educational outcomes related to children's mental health treatments. A total of 85 papers describing 88 randomized controlled trials that included at least one educational outcome and one mental health outcome were included in these analyses. Forty-five different measures were identified as the primary educational…

The author recalls his undergraduate years at the City College of New York in the late 1930s. (SJL)

Recounts the inception, philosophy, and successes of Cleveland Ohio's Major Work Program, a course of study founded in 1922 for gifted students. (JW)

This paper briefly highlights the past four decades of the often contentious relationship between school districts and the environmental movement revealing the difficulties that environmental policy has had on the nation's educational systems. It reveals the public's increasing awareness of environmental factors within the school that jeopardize…

The central lesson that educational reformers can derive from historical antecedents is that pedagogical practice is highly contextual, making the success of every reform contingent on the extent to which it can be interpreted and adapted in the light of particular conditions. (IAH)

Recounts the history of the Ku Klux Klan Honorary Junior Society at the University of Wisconsin from 1919 to 1926. Although not tied to the national Ku Klux Klan, this honorary group became a powerful intrafraternity society that served as a barometer of the cultural and ideological climate of the university. (SLD)

This paper chronicles the work of The Reviewing Committee of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education (CRSE) in 1918 and of its chair, Clarence Darwin Kingsley. The report draws parallels between the report issued by the CRSE and the GOALS 2000 report on current educational reform efforts. The study shows that membership on the…

This document chronicles and evaluates the work of the Adult Education Association of the USA by its Commission on Architecture as the starting point for concern about how the places used for adult education are a part of the learning equation. A critical analysis of this first commission of a national professional organization shows that…

Provides biographical data about the black psychologist and his contributions in the following areas: (1) studies on the effects of segregation and racism; (2) the United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education; and (3) the Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited Program. (PS)

Englewood, New Jersey, is a suburban residential city of about 12,000 inhabitants. In its vacant lots and back yards it has an abundance of land suitable for gardening. The garden clubs of the Englewood schools were organized during the summer of 1916 and were directed by the local board of education and the superintendent of schools through a…

Discusses the American view of the role of education in developing Americans. Focuses on Massachusetts, the heart of early American industrialization, which gave prime importance to publicly supported education as a vehicle of social conditioning. (JOW)

A comparative analysis of urban public schools as learning environments during the early 1900s shows that although public schools in the early 1900s were ageist, sexist, and racist, they were, nonetheless, havens of liberating possibility. Schools today, although stripped of racism, sexism, and ethnocentricity, are nurseries of oppression. (RM)

The article presents a brief historical account of the emergence of urban social sciences from 1900 to the 1930s in Chicago (centered at the University of Chicago) and assesses how these developments influenced contemporary social science research on urban social life. A major legacy of early Chicago social scientists is identified as…

The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed the early development of universities in the United States. What emerged was an institution pledged to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge incorporating both the liberal arts and the professions. The tension between professional education and the liberal arts is discussed. (MLW)

By the turn of the 20th century, three forces--urbanization, immigration, and industrialization--were conspiring to change the face of public education. Teachers still emphasized reading, memorization, and traditional academic subjects, but many began looking for new ways to reach an increasingly diverse student population. (IAH)