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In the Streets, in the Archives: Decades of Teacher Protest in North Carolina
In early June 1978, thousands of letters flooded the office of North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. Teachers protested the inadequate 6% increase in salary in the face of a 10% increase in cost of living. In an organized effort, thousands of teachers from across the...
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“A New Kind of Black Youth”: The Integral Role of Young Foot Soldiers in the Civil Rights Movement
By Professor Jon Hale At the NAACP’s annual convention in 1959, which celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the civil rights association, leaders paid homage to Youth Council chapters in Wichita and Oklahoma City. High school youth in these towns received the honor...
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Open Rank Position Social Studies/History of Education Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Education Policy, Organization and Leadership College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Position: The Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Education Policy, Organization and Leadership are seeking a faculty member at open rank (assistant, associate or full professor) level as a joint appointment in social studies and history of education. This...
Announcing A.J. Angulo and Jack Schneider of the University of Massachusetts Lowell as Incoming Co-editors
On behalf of the board of the History of Education Society, I am pleased to announce A.J. Angulo and Jack Schneider of the University of Massachusetts Lowell as the incoming co-editors of the History of Education Quarterly. Kim Tolley will serve as the managing...
Deadline Extended on Submissions for the 2019 Henry Barnard Prize
The History of Education Society awards the Barnard Prize biennially for the best graduate student essay in the history of education, broadly defined to cover a wide range of educational and cultural institutions inside and outside of the United States. Nominations by...
Thank You to Those Who Submitted Proposals for the 2019 HES Conference
Thank you to those who submitted proposals the 2019 HES conference to be held in Columbus, OH. Please note that you will receive notification of proposal decisions by mid-June.
