Testing Wars in the Public Schools
Testing Wars in the Public Schools

Author: William J. Reese

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0674075676

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Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children’s health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today’s battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam.

Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment
Campaigns Against Corporal Punishment

Author: Myra C. Glenn

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780873958127

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Campaigns against Corporal Punishment explores the theory and practice of punishment in Antebellum America from a broad, comparative perspective. It probes the concerns underlying the naval, prison, domestic, and educational reform campaigns which occurred in New England and New York from the late 1820s to the late 1850s. Focusing on the common forms of physical punishment inflicted on seamen, prisoners, women, and children, the book reveals the effect of these campaigns on actual disciplinary practices. Myra C. Glenn also places the crusade against corporal punishment in the context of various other contemporary reform movements such as the crusade against intemperance and that against slavery. She shows how regional and political differences affected discussions of punishment and discipline.

History of Education
History of Education

Author: Levi Seeley

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "History of Education" by Levi Seeley. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.