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"The Great Contest": The American Philosophical Society Education Prize of 1795 and the Problem of American Education
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Justice, Benjamin – American Journal of Education, 2008
In 1795 America's preeminent scholarly organization sponsored a contest for the best essay on education. The two winners have been canonized in the scholarship on early American educational thought. This essay refocuses attention on the great contest itself, not only seeking understanding of the works that it produced but also analyzing its…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Intellectual History