It’s a Different World: Black Student Activism From the Civil Rights Movement Through the Trump Era
The question caught me slightly off guard. On the evening of September 21, 2011, Troy…
Browsing: Education
The Arts in the Public Schools: An Intellectual History
Advocates for public schools have always needed to explain how they serve the public good,…
The Coleman Report and Its Critics: The Contested Meanings of Educational Equality in the 1960s and 1970s
Sociologist James S. Coleman’s 1966 report Equality of Educational Opportunity exposed the symbiotic relationship between…
On Afrocentric History in American Education
Donald Trump was vaguely familiar enough with black history to identify Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman,…
Education as Activism: The Voter Education Project in the Civil Rights Movement
In May 1962, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) received a grant worth $5,750.00 for…
Betsy DeVos and the History of Homeschooling
Of all of President Donald Trump’s controversial cabinet picks, none has received more public scrutiny…
From the Humanities to Humanism in an Era of Higher Education Reform?
Imagine yourself an early teacher of what comes to be known as the studia humanitatis,…
Humanistic Visions: The Long History of Black History Month
The establishment of Negro History Week in 1926 was a natural outgrowth of more than…
From Devolution to DeVos: A Brief History of the Federal Role in American Education
The current debate over Republican President Donald Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of…
From the Archives… Education History
As a part Process’s month on the history of education, we peeked into the Journal…