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2. Teachinghistory.org - Wikipedia

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   Educational. Focus. Best practices, K-12 education, History of the United States. Location. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Website. www.teachinghistory.org. Teachinghistory.org, also known as the National History Education Clearinghouse (NHEC), is a website that provides educational resources for the study of U.S. history.

3. Khan Academy - Wikipedia

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   Khan Academy is an American non-profit [3] educational organization created in 2006 by Sal Khan. [1] Its goal is to create a set of online tools that help educate students. [4] The organization produces short video lessons. [5] Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for educators.

4. John Taylor Gatto - Wikipedia

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   John Taylor Gatto. John Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 [3] – October 25, 2018 [4]) was an American author and school teacher. After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He is best known for his books Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of ...

5. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The rapid expansion of education past age 14 set the U.S. apart from Europe for much of the 20th century. [86] From 1910 to 1940, high schools grew in number and size, reaching out to a broader clientele. In 1910, for example, 9% of Americans had a high school diploma; in 1935, the rate was 40%. [194]

6. John Holt (educator) - Wikipedia

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   Society portal. v. t. e. John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory. After a six-year stint teaching elementary school in the 1950s, Holt wrote the book How Children Fail (1964), which ...

7. Homeschooling - Wikipedia

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   Because schools were widely shut down during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools implemented distance education and online learning. This is not considered homeschooling, since students' education was directed by public schools. [2] However, the onset of the pandemic triggered a massive increase in the prevalence of homeschooling.