aStill, single-sex education was not exactly a choice; it was a cultural mandate at a time when sexual segregation was considered only natural. Early feminists hoped eventually to integrate men's schools as well as voting booths, and equal educational opportunities proved much easier to obtain ...
When did public schools start teaching the history of religion? When was the Republican party formed? When did the Civil Disobedience Movement end? When was the labor union movement? When did school desegregation stop in the South? When did serfdom end in France? When did Stalin come to powe...
Walters mentions the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case that established theseparate but equaldoctrine. He then notes Brown v. Board of Education (1954) which bans segregation in schools. Then he adds that according to psychologists, “when you’re five or six years old,...
'Adulting' Schools Need a place to learn how to change a tire? File your taxes? Poach the perfect egg or unclog a toilet? Big empty spaces are great for building classroom space to learn all the things that you wish they taught you in school. ...
women mumbling to themselves with a dressed pulled down tightly, “Probably not.” Or it makes me look too wide. Or too prim, or like I’m trying too dang hard, or even more alarming – how many dresses did I order on-line at four am waiting for my night time Benadryl to kick ...
When defending his choice to support the bill on the Senate floor, Johnsonadmittedthat it did “not pretend to solve all the problems of human relations.” Still, he said, “I cannot follow the logic of those who say that because we cannot solve all the problems, we should...
“than I ran into Zora Neale Hurston, walking intently down the main street. I didn’t know she was in the South [actually, he did, having received a letter from her in March, but he had no idea she was in Alabama], and she didn’t know I was either, so we were very glad to...
schoolbooks. As a result of the changes mentioned above the project was reviewed and the central part was passed on to me. Instead of concentrating on schoolbooks I would now concentrate on the reality research of the history of education in schools and classrooms. A second, specifically ...
Generally you don’t choose early decision unless this is the school you ABSOLUTELY want (I did this back in 1979 for my alma mater where Early Decision was a new thing). Usually Early Decision is a high percentage rate for most schools (like 75%+ probably closer to 95% for the Ivies...