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Times Higher Education World Academic Summit, Pro Rhetoric, American Association of Universities (AAU), Mary Sue Coleman, A Call for Saving Public Higher Education, UC Berkeley, September 27, 2016

Mary Sue Coleman, President of the Association of American Universities, delivered a compelling speech on September 27, 2016, at the Times Higher…

Tags: College, Education, Mary Sue Coleman, Public Education, Public Good, Research

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

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

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, 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, 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