Directory of History of Education Resources

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History of education includes the histories of individual schools or school types and/or teaching methods and materials.

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• Architectural History

Resources in This Category

• 150 Years of Education in Maine

  http://www.maine.gov/education/150yrs/150years.html
  Sesqui-centennial History of Maine's Educational System and the Growth and Development of the Maine State Department of Education.

• 19th Century Schoolbooks

  http://digital.library.pitt.edu/nietz/
  Digital versions of selected schoolbooks and a catalog of many additional texts.

• Blackwell History of Education Museum

  http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/
  Museum at Northern Illinois University which also publishes the Blackwell Electronic Journal of Education History.

• History of American Education Web Project

  http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/
  Student compiled reports on various aspects of the history of American education.

• History of Education in Pasco County, Florida

  http://fivay.org/education.html
  Histories of individual schools, summaries of school board minutes from 1887 to 1969

• History of Education Society UK

  http://www.historyofeducation.org.uk/
  A scholarly society devoted to research in the history of education mainly with a UK focus. Information provided about membership of the society, its conferences, publications and activities.

• Parsonsfield Seminary: 1932 Centennial Edition

  http://www.angelfire.com/me4/parsem/
  Centennial history (1832-1932) of Parsonsfield Seminary, one of the pioneering institutions of secondary education in New England. Describes curriculum, school culture and noteworthy teachers, students and founders, with illustrations.

• Rise of the Universities

  http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/universities.html
  Describes the religious roots of educational institutions.

• Snyder Hill School

  http://users.penn.com/~mweimer/historcl.html
  Brief profile of this restored 1886 Pennsylvania schoolhouse which now serves as a Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society museum.

• The Lost Year Project

  http://www.thelostyear.com/
  The school year following the Little Rock Central High School Crisis has been named the "Lost Year," when 3,665 public high school students and their teachers were denied public education.

• The Story of American Public Education

  http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/
  Companion website to the PBS documentary series on the history of American educations.

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