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education
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......repr. 1966); R. Welter, Popular Education and Democratic Thought in America (1963); R. Ulich, The Education of Nations (rev. ed. 1967); L. A. Cremin, American Education (1970–88); J. A. Bowen, A History......
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adult education
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......poor.The earliest American forms of adult education were the public lectures...Corporation organized the American Association for Adult Education, which later became...Public Continuing Adult Education to form the American Association for Adult......
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progressive education
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...progressive education, movement in American education. Confined to a period between the late 19th...EffectsThe principles and practices of progressive education gained wide acceptance in American school systems during the first half of the......
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physical education and training
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......department of physical education at an American college was established...and judo. The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and...appreciation of physical education.See publications of the American Association for Health......
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Education, United States Department of
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......postsecondary education, special education and rehabilitative services, bilingual education and minority languages, vocational and adult education, civil rights, and educational...Institute for the Deaf, and the American Printing House for the Blind......
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bilingual education
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......organization for blingual education. Critics (including the...mostly eliminated bilingual education programs there. Bilingualism...and D. Corson, Bilingual Education (1997); and H. Kloss, The American Bilingual Tradition (1998......
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open education
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...open education, also known as open classroom...periods of study. Open education is concerned with erasing...first became popular in American elementary schools during...involved in the progressive education movement. See H. R. Kohl......
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National Education Association
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...National Education Association (NEA), organization of professional...administrators, counselors, and others concerned about education. In 1998 the leadership of NEA and the American Federation of Teachers supported a merger of the two......
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.
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...Kans. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, case decided by the U...remained an important element in American society. De facto school segregation...commemorated by the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka......
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Gulick, Luther Halsey (1865–1918, American pioneer in physical education)
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......Gulick (gyōō´lĬk), 1865–1918, American pioneer in physical education, b. Honolulu, of American missionary parents. He studied at...associations interested in hygiene and physical education, wrote several books in these fields......