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National Center for History in the Schools (NCHS) is an organization dedicated to enhancing teaching effectiveness and promoting K-12 student engagement with history through innovative publications, teaching aids, curricular development, professional workshops, and community outreach.
The first American schools in the Thirteen Colonies opened in the 17th century. [8] The first public schools in America were established by the Puritans in New England during the 17th century. Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. [9] Boston Latin School was not funded by tax dollars in its early days, however.
A History of American Public High Schools 1890-1990: Through the Eyes of Principals. Mellen, 1997. 230 pp. Knight, Edgar W.; Fifty Years of American Education: A Historical Review and Critical Appraisal (1952) online edition; Krug, Edward A. The shaping of the American high school, 1880–1920. (1964); The American high school, 1920–1940.
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently released the second volume of its boarding school initiative report, which documents the history of 417 federal Indian boarding schools and over 1000 ...
Mar. 22—Mackenzie Verdiner hopes the days of history classes glossing over contributions of Black people to America's story are a thing of the past. Verdiner, a junior at Manchester High School ...
History Content presents access to online resources including reviewed history websites, national resources for history teachers, analyses of textbook content by guest historians, and searchable databases of online history lectures and historic sites. Users can submit questions via the “Ask A Historian” feature.
Nearly 51 million students are enrolled in America’s public schools, but the system is far from equal. Segregationist policies, like school funding based on property values, are impeding the ...
A Documentary History of Education in the South Before 1860 (5 vol 1952); vol 5 online; Thelin, John R. ed. Essential documents in the history of American higher education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014) online; Willis, George, Robert V. Bullough, and John T. Holton, eds. The American Curriculum: A Documentary History (1992)