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Carlos, Lisa; Kirst, Mike – 1997
This case study traces the evolution of curriculum-related educational reforms in California, concentrating on those that have influenced mathematics and science. These reform efforts are examined in the framework of the state's political and policy context. Data came from interviews, a synthesis of the research literature, and newspaper accounts…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
Mock, David B. – 1985
This volume contains transcripts of four oral history interviews that were conducted during a study of the history of vocational education in Florida. The first interview is with Maxwell Samuel Thomas, a vocational educator who began his career in 1932 and has since served as a vocational education teacher and administrator, participated in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Business Education, Cooperative Education, Educational Administration
Lundberg, Horace W., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
The extension of the professional base for public education is an important recent trend. There has developed an increased use of professional personnel for noninstructional services. The range of professions or services involved includes attendance, guidance, health programs, psychology, and social work. This publication deals primarily with…
Descriptors: Educational History, Pupil Personnel Services, School Social Workers, State Programs
Lide, Edwin S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript reports a study that was made of procedures in curriculum building. The author discovered that there were three general types of curriculum revision aside from revision in a very few independent schools. These types were a city-wide type, a county-wide type, and a state-wide type. The first was found in a great many of our cities…
Descriptors: Educational History, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design
Leary, Bernice E. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
This study is sixth in a series of surveys of courses of study reported at intervals during the past 15 years by the Office of Education. In the main, the earlier publications consisted of lists of courses filed in the library for the use of curriculum makers and research workers in education. The present study is concerned with an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research
Davis, Sheldon Emmor – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This study includes consideration of periodicals for the promotion of public school education, those which deal with the history or scientific study of education, or the technique of schoolroom work, improvement of teachers and general school news. The principal source of information, fully indicated in the bibliography, has been the periodicals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Periodicals, Public Schools