Two new books that examine race and classroom experiences in the 20th century have been recently published; while the first explores how race was taught in U.S. classrooms from 1900 to 1940, the ...

In a major new report, 20 professional and academic leaders call for major reform in the training of doctors and other health care professionals to equip them for the 21st century. This Lancet ...

Education is widely advertised as the force which will save the 20th Century from its own hatreds, confusions and follies. In liberal political theory, education is what gives the common man the ...

20th-century learning: Order, memorization and limited flexibility. In the mid-20th century, classrooms were built around structure and uniformity.

How emotional intelligence became a new metric for educational success. Enter a school of education today and you’re likely to hear a phrase like this: “IQ is good, but EQ [emotional intelligence] is ...

Twentieth-century America emphasized many of the values I hold dear—especially the rule of law. I grew up in San Francisco just after World War II. What I learned then may prove helpful now. I ...

The 20th-century education reformer John Dewey recognized that public schooling was not only about gaining skills and knowledge that would benefit individuals but it also helped prepare youth for a ...

At the start of the 20th century, only the most privileged could afford to go to college. Today millions of students pursue higher education, but collectively they owe $1.7 trillion in debt.

Progressive education is rooted in the ideas of early 20th-century education reformers like John Dewey.He called for an approach where children were placed at the center of their own learning, and ...