This paper traces the development of progressivism in American education, a movement that emphasizes the development of all the native capacities of each child, instead of just teaching reading, writing, and the gathering of facts. Focusing first on the post-Civil War period, the author discusses reformists' early arguments against the linear…

The 18 papers of this conference were divided into five topics ranging from literacy to the history of progressive reform to history of education from an international perspective. Part 1 includes: "Isabella Graham and Joanna Bethune's Early American Experiments in Educating Illiterates" (L. Townsend); "The Dilemma of Equivalency:…

The six articles of this theme issue relate the history of empirical research in education to its sociohistorical background, examining the proposition that the rise of empirical research in education was linked to complex factors such as the rise of positivism in the 19th century or the institutional growth of an educational market. (SLD)

Four articles and two review papers are presented on themes relating to educational leadership within institutions, organizations, and networks and to the development and promulgation of ideas within academic disciplines. Three of the articles explore the opportunity structures that promoted the rise of two college presidents and one powerful…

The first journal publication of the Midwest History of Education Society contains papers presented at its 1972 annual meeting and three papers on Canadian education. "University Extension in the United States, 1885-1915" (G. M. Woytanowitz) defines the U.S. origins of the university extension as an adult education agency. "She…

The proceedings papers include topics on important historical figures, the social and philosophical implications of immigrants and assimilation, the status of women, and the role of education. The two papers in the Editor's Supplement cover the junior high school movement and the establishment of a Michigan state school. "Jane Addams, the…

The papers of this proceedings are grouped in five parts. The three papers in part 1 discuss the exposure of Italian scholars to Dewey's philosophies and include the titles (1) "John Dewey in the Evolution of Italian Education" (C. R. Wolf); (2) "Frederick Eby and the Dewey Lectures: An Essentialist Present at Educational…

Presented in four parts, part 1 of these conference papers discusses the controversy over Michael Katz's analysis of votes in Beverly, Massachusetts; Cora Wilson Stewart's crusade for literacy in Kentucky; and the debate over deaf education between Edward Miner Gallaudet and Alexander Graham Bell. The titles are: "What the Katz/Vinovskis…

Presented in seven parts, titles in part 1 of these conference papers are: "The Uses of Educational History" (Eisele); "The Modern Assault on Public Schools" (Romanish); and "Human Rights and Education" (Padavil). In part 2, the paper titles are: "Jane Addams' Hull-House" (Colky); "Educational Policy…