Browse Items (22 total)
- Collection: Public Education (E-2)
Winslow Homer, The Country School
Winslow Homer, The Country School, Saint Louis Art Museum, 1871
I touch the future. I teach. Christa McAuliffe, teacher and NASA space shuttle crew member Soon after the American Revolution, our founders argued…
Tags: 18th Century, American Revolution, Country School, Public Education, Public Schools
Joyce Eng. Co., James Benson Dudley
Joyce Eng. Co., James Benson Dudley, Library of Congress, July 19 1902
A newspaper sketch of James Benson Dudley, president of The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race.
When James Dudley was…
Tags: African-Americans, Agricultural and Mechnical College, Education, Engineering, James Benson Dudley, Jobs
Paul Reverse Sr., A Westerly View of the Colleges in Cambridge New England
Paul Reverse Sr., A Westerly View of the Colleges in Cambridge New England, Yale University Art Gallery, 1767
An engraving of Harvard College.
Harvard University was the first college in the U.S., and was also the first to be used as a corporation. It was…
Tags: Civil War, Colleges, Harvard, Harvard University, New England, Schools
Library of Congress, Get Ahead! Adult Education Classes
Library of Congress, Get Ahead! Adult Education Classes, Library of Congress, Between 1936 and 1941
Poster encouraging adults to attend adult education classes
Federal Art Project, sponsor. By the People, For the People
Tags: Adult Education, Adults, Federal Art Project, Posters, Public Education
Bain News Service, Albany State Education Building
Bain News Service, Albany State Education Building, Library of Congress, 1910
Photo shows the New York State Department of Education Building in Albany, which was dedicated on October 17, 1912. Architect of the building was…
Tags: Albany, Albany State Education Building, Architecture, NY, Public Architecture
Walter Albertin, Albert Shanker, President of U.F.T.
Walter Albertin, Albert Shanker, President of U.F.T., Library of Congress, 1965
Albert Shanker, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, is holding the report that would stop the threat of striking teachers. When Albert…
Tags: Albert Shanker, Labor, Public Education, Strikes, Teaching, UFT, Unions
Warren's (Firm), Amos Bronson Alcott, Teacher
Warren's (Firm), Amos Bronson Alcott, Teacher, New York Public Library, Unknown
A photograph of Amos Bronson Alcott, a teacher whose controversial methods would better improve the school system. When Alcott decided the life of a…
Tags: Amos Bronson Alcott, Public Education, School System, Teaching, Temple School
Memoria Press, Boston Latin School
Memoria Press, Boston Latin School, Memoria Press, 1800s
A historic sketch of what the Boston Latin School first looked like, before years of moving and renovation changed it to what it is today. The Boston…
Tags: 17th Century, Boston Latin School, Colonies, Public Education, Schools, United States
The Library of Congress, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent
The Library of Congress, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent, The Library of Congress, 1910
I believe in it ..[equal suffrage for women]. I have not been an active suffragist because I have kept so busily to my own line, but I realize that,…
Tags: Chicago, Ella Flagg Young, Female Superintended, Illinois, National Education Association, Women, Women's Suffrage