This is a site about education during the 20th
century, organized by decades. It includes a short description of a
variety of 'educational episodes' that took place in that period. The
episode in question could be a policy, a court case, a piece of legislation,
a scholarly article, a new theory, a research report, an incident, the
release of a book, a speech, an empirical finding, a conference, the
opening or a closure of an institution, a movie, an anecdote, or anything,
big or small, that tells us something about education theory, policy,
politics, research and practice during the last century. Arguably, some
of these episodes have probably been more historically significant or
influential than others, and some may be more well-known than others,
but each of them uncovers a piece of that immense puzzle that was 20th
century education. Education is here understood in its broad sense,
and not only as schooling. Although its current emphasis is on North
American educational developments, there is an ongoing effort to include
more international content.
Most entries have been written especially for this site (many of them
by education students), although some consist of links to other webpages.
New entries are added regularly. If you would like to submit an entry,
make a comment to improve this site, or suggest a link to a webpage
to be added to this compilation, please send it to: mailto:dschugurensky@oise.utoronto.ca
