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Working Americans Vol. 13: Educators & Education

Table of Contents

Preface




Introduction




1880 – 1899 Introduction




1881 Profile: Mary Greene, Teacher During Educational Reform




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Otsego, Wisconsin




1888 Profile: Corabelle Fellows, Teacher of Sioux Children




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: The Dakotas




1896 News Feature:Law, Women in the Professions




1898 Profile: Jarrett Winston, College Professor at Female College




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Williamston, South Carolina




1900 – 1909 Introduction




1902 News Feature:The School and Social Progress




1903 Profile: Sarah O’Connell, Nanny




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Hartford, Connecticut




New Toys: 1903




1907 Profile: Margaret Haley, Chicago Teacher and Organizer




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois




1909 Profile: Dwight Heald Perkins, Architect of School Buildings




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois




1910 – 1919 Introduction




1910 Profile: Abraham Flexner, Reformer of Medical Schools




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Louisville, Kentucky




1913 News Feature:The Home Training of Children




1916 Profile: Emily Strandhope, Kindergarten Teacher of Immigrants




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Brooklyn, New York




1919 Profile: Joshua Blevins, Builder of Teacherages (Homes) for Teachers




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Marlin, Texas




1920 – 1929 Introduction




1920 News Feature:Going to College




1921 Profile: Mildred Gambon, English Teacher of German Immigrants




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Minneapolis, Minnesota




1927 Profile: Scott Kelly, Salesman of IQ Tests




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Alta, California




1928 Profile: Warren King, Piano Teacher




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Baltimore, Maryland




1930 – 1939 Introduction




1933 Profile: Laura Hargrove, School Librarian




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Danville, Virginia




1938 Profile: John Andrew Rice, Jr., Founder of Black Mountain College




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Western North Carolina




1938 News Feature:Report to the President on the Economic Conditions of the South: Education




1939 Profile: Sister Mary Henry, Popular and Unorthodox Teacher




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: New York City




1940 – 1949 Introduction




1943 News Feature:Against That Day!




1945 Profile: Martha Deaton, High School Teacher During World War II




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Cincinnati, Ohio




1948 Profile: Steven Diner, Junior Safety Patrol Member




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Seattle, Washington




1949 Profile: Dr. Delaney Burris, Engineering Educator




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: The University of Denver, Colorado




1950 – 1959 Introduction




1955 Profile: Dee-Dee Kliebard, Heiress, Founder of Scholarship Program




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Trenton, New Jersey




Annual Cost of University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Schools




1957 Profile: Martha Gardner, Mother of Slow Reader




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Homestead, Florida




1958 News Feature:How Children Fail




1959 Profile: Carl Hyder, High School Teacher in Age of Sputnik




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma




1960 – 1969 Introduction




1968 News Feature:Improving Textbooks




1961 Profile: Septima Clark, Teacher Fired for NAACP Affiliation




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Charleston, South Carolina




1965 Profile: Susan Walton Gray, Psychologist and Head Start Champion




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Nashville, Tennessee




1969 Profile: Dr. Mary Steichen Calderone, Co-founder of SIECUS




Life at Home




Life at Work




American Education Trends




1970 – 1979 Introduction




1970 News Feature:Organizing the High Schools




1970 Profile: Joan Ganz Cooney, Executive Director of CTW




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Racial Controversy




1973 Profile: Reggie Earl Highlander, Basketball Coach




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Grand Rapids, Michigan




1977 Profile: Boyd Kesser, School Principal During Desegregation




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Dallas, Texas




1980 – 1989 Introduction




1985 News Feature:Still Becoming—A Retired Teacher Reminisces




1985 Profile: James Krenov, Master Woodworker & College Professor




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Fort Bragg, California




1987 Profile: Aaron Slayton, Brainy Kid Turned Tutor




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Annapolis, Maryland




1989 Profile: An Dung Nguyen, Vietnamese Immigrant Who Valued Education




Life at Home




Life at School




Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois




1990 – 1999 Introduction




1992 Profile: Gayle Warwick, High School Female Athlete and Scholar




Life at Home




Life at School




Life in the Community: Tampa, Florida




1995 Profile: Scott Shanklin-Peterson, Champion of Arts in Schools




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: South Carolina




1999 News Feature:Report Claims Hispanics Need College Opportunities




1999 Profile: Viola Chadusky, Skeptic of Standardized Testing




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: New York City




2000 – 2012 Introduction




2010 Profile: Annie Rosewood, Homeschooling Mother




Life at Home




Life at Work




The Demographics of Home-Schooling




2011 Profile: Marie Schnall, Tutor in South Africa & Teach(er) for America




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Jacksonville, Florida




2012 Profile: Anne Mandeville-Long, Nursery School Founder & Teacher




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina




2012 News Feature:Correspondence from Rev. Dr. Ellen J. Hanckel as she Taught in South Sudan




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