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Mahoney, Joan – Update on Law-Related Education, 1991
Discusses the history of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Describes the evolution of constitutional rights in the United States. Explains how the Constitution, particularly the First and Fourth Amendments, has been applied to juveniles. Identifies some of the leading cases involving juvenile rights. (SG)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
National PTA, Chicago, IL. – 1997
This book recounts the historical achievements of the National PTA and its sister organization, the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers. The PTA is the result of the hard work of such women as Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Alice McLellan Birney, founders of the original National Congress of Mothers, and Selma Sloan Butler, who, with the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Blacks, Child Health, Child Safety
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Richardson, John G. – American Educational Research Journal, 1994
Proposes that the formalization of common schooling in the United States derives from the sequence of institutional formation beginning with the state asylum, moving to the reformatory, and then moving to compulsory attendance. Shows the integration of delinquent and special youth in the U.S. educational system. Contains 112 references. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Delinquency, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
This report contains statistics of industrial schools for delinquents for 1921-22. The institutions are all reformatory nature and receive inmates committed to their care by juvenile and other courts. Reports were received from 145 institutions: 30 of these are private institutions controlled by corporation or associations, and they admit children…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Industrial Education
Phillips, Frank M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
This report contains statistics for 1926-27 of schools for delinquents. The institutions are of a reformatory nature, and receive inmates committed to their care by juvenile and other courts. Reports were received from 158 institutions out of 173 believed to exist. The number of instructors reported for the year is 1,488, of which number 582 are…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Courts, Industrial Education, Delinquency
Wilson, Louis N. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
This bulletin contains 1,697 bibliographic entries relating to child study. All publications listed in the bibliography were published between 1908 and 1909. A subject index is included. [Best copy available has been provided.]
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Bibliographies, Child Development