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Ralph Kidder Muses on HES 2040
The HES annual meeting in 2040 The Fall 2040 meeting is billed as a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the reelection of President Donald J. Trump. The Program Committee has solicited papers, symposia, poster sessions and round tables addressing a variety of...
Bob Hampel muses on HES 2040
The HES annual meeting in 2040 Our Fall 2020 virtual meeting sparked this daydream. We had to innovate this year. How should we innovate in a future free of CV 19 lockdowns? Here is my reverie: In twenty years, we’ll see more attention to teaching. ...
Bernard Bailyn Dies at 97
Bernard Bailyn, whose 1960 book Education in the Forming of American Society exerted powerful and lasting influence on the discipline of history of education and whose mentorship of several generations of graduate students continues to shape the field, died earlier...
Obituary: Patricia Ann Palmieri
Patricia Ann Palmieri, a gifted teacher and researcher, died suddenly of natural causes on June 12th. She was 73. Dr. Palmieri was the author of In Adamless Eden, an acclaimed portrait of the female professoriate of Wellesley College from 1890 through 1920. At her...
HES Affirms Centrality of #BlackLivesMatter
Dear HES Friends, In this global pandemic, amidst the tragic loss of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor and countless persons whose names we may never know, we write to affirm the centrality of #BlackLivesMatter in our past, present and future. ...
Gary B v. Whitmer Webinar
Those interested a webinar "Gary B. and the Right to Literacy 65 Years after Brown" to be held on Wednesday, June 17, are encouraged to click on this link to learn more: Gary B. v. Whitmer Webinar
HES Town Hall, Apr. 20
Dear HES Membership: I hope this email finds you and yours safe and healthy in this historic moment. We acknowledge and appreciate the ways that you’ve had to adjust to increasing responsibilities these past few weeks. Many of you are also extending care to elderly...
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...
“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...
Announcing: The New HES Blog Essays
The History of Education Society is introducing HES Blog Essays, a new resource for its members and the profession generally. The essays in series are meant to highlight the themes of each year's HES annual conference. The overarching theme for the 2019 conference...