History of Education Research Guide

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American higher education : a history

2006

Christopher J. Lucas.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-389) and index.
Biographical dictionary of American educators

1978

edited by John F. Ohles.; 3 v. ; 25 cm; Includes index.
Biographical dictionary of North American and European educationists

1997

by Peter Gordon and Richard Aldrich.; 9703; p. cm; "Companion volume to ... Dictionary of British educationists, published in 1989"--Introd.; Includes bibliographical references.; Woburn education series.
Early American Textbooks, 1775-1900

1985
Education in the United States: a documentary history

1973

5 v; Includes bibliographical references.
Educational foundations : an anthology

2004

edited by Roselle K. Chartock.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation

1998

"Herein brief essays describe the over 270 key court decisions, people, types of school desegregation plans, legislation, organizations, terms and concepts, and reports and publications that have played a significant role in the history of this topic."
Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States

1998

"a concise reference tool for researchers, scholars, teachers, students, and laypersons interested in examining significant events, ideas, movements, institutions, and people concerned with the history of women's education in the United States from the colonial period to the present."
Historical Statistics of the United States

2006

See especially the section on Education in Vol. 2, pp. 387-498.
History of education : the making of a discipline

1989

edited by Peter Gordon and Richard Szreter.; Includes bibliographical references.
History of higher education : major themes in education

2009
History of multicultural education

2008
Sage Handbook of African American Education

2009

"comprehensive collection of theoretical and empirical scholarship in six important areas: historical perspectives, teaching and learning, PK-12 school leadership, higher education, current issues, and education policy."
School, the story of American public education

2001

foreword by Meryl Streep ; introduction by David Tyack, with James D. Anderson ... [et al.] ; narrative by Sheila Curran Bernard and Sarah Mondale ; Edited by Sarah Mondale and Sarah B. Patton.; Based on the PBS series, "School, the story of American public education," produced and directed by Sarah Mondale and Sarah Patton.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; School, the story of American public education (Television program)
The American school, 1642-1990 : varieties of historical interpretation of the foundations and development of American education

1990

Joel Spring.; Rev. ed. of: The American school, 1642-1985. c1986.; Includes bibliographical references.
The history of Western education

1995

by William Boyd and Edmund J. King.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transitions in American education : a social history of teaching

2001

Donald H. Parkerson & Jo Ann Parkerson.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-262) and index.; Studies in the history of education (RoutledgeFalmer (Firm))
Twenty first century education

2008