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Peer reviewedMohl, Raymond A. – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Describes Alice Barrow's activities in promoting the platoon school concept and presents a brief description and history of the platoon school movement. (MS)
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMohl, Raymond A. – Urban Education, 1974
An historical account of the efforts of Alice Barrow to implement the platoon school system (developed in Gary, Indiana, by William Wirt) in New York City during the period 1914-1917. (EH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Experiments, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedMohl, Raymond A. – Paedagogica Historica, 1975
The history of the Gary school campaign in New York City firmly suggests the way in which the schools reflected the internal conflicts and tensions, as well as the shared values and assumptions, of the larger society. (Author)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Civil), Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMohl, Raymond A. – 1975
The platoon school plan, originally developed in Gary, Indiana, appealed to Progressives in the 1920's for both its administrative efficiency and achievement of a creative humanistic, and democratic education. Students were divided into two sections, and while one section filled all the classrooms and studied academic subjects during the morning…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Development, Educational History
