As for myself, I’m particularly intrigued in seeing how the optimistic view of the early 20th century classroom that Burkholder explores in the pre-Brown v. Board period meshes with the reality ...

20th-century learning: Order, memorization and limited flexibility In the mid-20th century, classrooms were built around structure and uniformity. Learning was focused on the basics, lessons ...

Debates over religion's place in the classroom erupted in the mid-20th century. During the 1950s, after the Supreme Court ruled that prayers did not belong in public schools, criticism erupted ...

They wanted the classroom to be communal and democratic ... to challenging ones over the course of the class. As the 20th century began, gym classes also started incorporating lessons on hygiene ...

Growing up in the postwar years, I learned to prize education, civil rights and the rule of law.

Education has changed dramatically over the last several decades. From the structured, lecture-focused classrooms of the 1950s to today's collaborative, technology-rich environments, the evolution ...