Browse Items (46 total)

Bain, William Albert Wirt, Library of Congress, 1917

Growing up in a rural farm in Gary, Indiana, William Wirt believed that this upbringing was as elementary to education as many teachings, so when he…

Tags: Education, Indiana, Recreation, Schools, William Albert Wirt, Work-Study-Plan

Frances Benjamin Johnston/Library of Congress, Tuskegee Institute faculty with Andrew Carnegie, Library of Congress, 1906

Photo of Andrew Carnegie, founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, with members of the faculty of the Tuskegee Institute. “Andrew Carnegie…

Tags: Africa, Alabama, Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Corporation, Education, Nonprofits, Peace, Tuskegee Institute

The Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK), The Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK) - Annual Awards 1998 -, Library of Congress, None

The Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) is an organization of federal agencies working together to achieve optimum use of the resources…

Tags: Agencies, Awards, Education, Federal Library & Information Network, FEDLINK, Libraries, Policy

Varkey Foundation, Teaching: The Global Teacher Prize, Varkey Foundation, 2015

Nancie Atwell is the 2015 winner of the Global Teacher Prize from the Varkey Foundation. The Global Teacher Prize is a one million dollar award that…

Tags: Awards, Education, Teachers, Teaching

Straus Historical Society, Sarah Lavanburg Straus: Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls, Straus Historical Society, Circa 1889

In 1887, when Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) was minister to Constantinople, he and his wife Sarah Lavanburg Straus (1861-1945) became friendly with…

Tags: Clara, Education, Immigration, Philanthropy, Sarah Lavanburg Straus, School, Working Girls

Nevada State Education Association, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, Nevada State Education Association, Unknown

The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…

Tags: Act, Bill, Congress, Education, House of Representatives, Law, Legislation

Dina Titus, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, US Congress, January 8 2019

The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…

Tags: Dina Titus, Education, Employee, Law, US Congress

Getty Images, Race to the Top, Current Affairs, 11/4/2009

Race to the Top was a multi-billion dollar grant created by the United States Department of Education in 2009. It was funded as part of President…

Tags: Education, Government, Legislation

LBJ For Kids, President Johnson Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, LBJ Library, 11/4/1965

President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at a signing ceremony. He sits besides his childhood schoolteacher Ms.…

Tags: Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Equal Access, Equal Opportunities, LBJ, National Curriculum, Presidents, School Funding

NASPAA (National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration), Pi Alpha Alpha (NASPAA), NASPAA, None

The purpose of Pi Alpha Alpha (NASPAA) is to encourage and recognize outstanding scholarship and accomplishment in public affairs and administration.…

Tags: Awards, Education, Pi Alpha Alpha, Public Affairs, Scholarship