Ann Arbor: Radical Education Project, Publisher. Wraps. no date, circa 1968. Side stapled booklet, 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Yellow front wrapper. 12 pages plus cover. Reprint from the July 1966 issue of Liberation. A description of the philosphies and practices of the First Street School, an alternative school established..... More
New York: The Progressive Education Association, Publisher, 1938. Wraps. Wraps, with a front cover photo of a sculpture, Flight, by Jose Ruiz de Rivera, the American sculptor known for his abstract work. Pagination runs 353-440. A single issue of this journal devoted to new thought and theories in education. This..... More
New York: Teachers College Press, 2007. Trade Paperback. 212 pp. A collection of essays by a wide range of authors on educational philosophy and how to incorporate ideas into daily practice. With peices by W.E.B. Du Bois, John Dewey and others. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and edgewear. More
Boston: New England Publishing Company, 1885. Wraps. Printed wraps. 11 pp. An address given before the National Education Convention at Madison, Wisconsin in 1884, with Mayo recalling his impressions on education in the Southern States, drawn from his extensive travels. He cites hope throughout, stating that the urge for self-help..... More
Washington: Government printing Office, 1880. Wraps. Printed wraps. 26 pp. With a fold out architectural type illustration of a school, as well as several small inset floor plans of a school. A report on observations made by a US educator/school administrator (Henry W. Hulbert) on a trip to England and..... More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1966. Wraps. Printed orange card stock wraps. 114 pp. A philosophical work exploring the meaning of education as it relates to the shaping of the human experience, asserting that education should be grounded in a theory of the self as opposed to a theory in which..... More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. Trade Paperback. 151 pp. A look at the teaching career and methods of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton, including the use of personal and social histories in teaching. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewear. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Yellowish-green cloth. 117 pages. A detailed guide to conducting a kindergarten in one's home, based upon the teachings of Friederich Frobel. This includes explanations for incorporating educational play into both outdoor and indoor activities, and using whatever might be in the..... More
No Place: J.B. Lyon Company, 1898. Wraps. Printed wraps. 40 pp. With a few graphs. Apparently done for the Department of Education for the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition of 1900. A study of higher (college) education available to women in the United States at the end of..... More
Salem: Essex Institute, 1987. Original Wraps. 229 pages. Illustrated. Contains articles on education in New England, including, "To Please and Instruct the Children" by Robert K. Weis. "Elizabeth Peabody: A Pioneer in the Kindergarten Movement in America" by Louise B. Swiniarski and others. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading along the..... More
Netherlands: Springer, 2007. Trade Paperback. A discussion of moral education drawing on a range of ethical theories and addressing issues such as personal morality and citizenship, family values and sexual morality. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and edgewear. More