MODERN PERIOD


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G. Stanley Hall and the Rise of the Testing Movement


The Development of Adult Education


John Dewey

John Dewey


Pierce v. Society of Sisters, a.k.a. The Oregon School Case of 1925


George Counts and Progressive Education


Brown v. Board of Education

The Little Rock, Arkansas, High School


Federal Aid to Education


The Supreme Court on Prayer and the Bible in Schools


Public Law 94-142, The Education of All Handicapped Children Act


The Supreme Court on Student Rights


"A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform"


"Goals 2000: The National Educational Goals"


A Horse-drawn School Bus

An Early Motorized School Bus

A School Bus from the 1950s


Life in an early 20th century classroom