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His was titled "Studies of Elementary School Reading Through Standardized Tests." Gray's academic career at the University of Chicago lasted from 1916–1945. He served as Director of Research in Reading at the Graduate School of Education, at the University of Chicago and became the first president of the International Reading Association.
Albert Cullum (November 1921 – July 2003) was an American Elementary school teacher in the 1960s. Instead of the standard Dick and Jane style of teaching, he opted to introduce his children to classic literature such as Shakespeare and Greek Dramas. Unlike other teachers at the time, Cullum strongly believed that learning and play could be ...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, critics of the Dick and Jane readers began to point out its stereotypes; class, gender, and racial bias; and errors in content and illustrations. Critics objected to the Dick and Jane storylines and stereotyped roles, arguing that "many students could not relate to family with two children, a dog named Spot ...
Basic subjects are taught in elementary school, and students often remain in one classroom throughout the school day (until starting different blocks), except for physical education, library, music, and art classes. Typically, the curriculum in public elementary education is determined by individual school districts. The school district selects ...
1959 – William B. Ward Elementary School, 311 Broadfield Rd, New Rochelle, New York [26] 1960 – Naugatuck High School, 543 Rubber Ave, Naugatuck, Connecticut [7] 1960 – Parkway School, 141 Lower Cross Rd, Greenwich, Connecticut [11] 1961 – Bedwell Elementary School, 141 Seney Dr, Bernardsville, New Jersey [8]
After graduating from Princeton High School in 1973, Martin attended Smith College from 1973 to 1977. [5] She studied early-childhood education and child psychology. Her senior thesis was on the use of children's literature in the classroom. She lived in Gardiner House and wrote for Smith College newspaper, The Sophian. [6]
The school upon a hill: Education and society in colonial New England. Yale University Press. (1974). Bernard Bailyn. Education in the Forming of American Society (U of North Carolina Press, 1960), colonial era; Brown, Richard D. The strength of a people: The idea of an informed citizenry in America, 1650–1870 (U of North Carolina Press, 1996)
1960. Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South (William Frantz Elementary School) following court-ordered integration in New Orleans, Louisiana. This event was portrayed by Norman Rockwell in his 1964 painting The Problem We All Live With. 1962