In this article, I analyse documents from the Pedagogical Museum of Paris, particularly the writings of Ferdinand Buisson (1878-1879), in which the author addresses not only the French experience but others too. This analysis allowed me to outline a network of transnational sociability composed by intellectuals, pedagogues, and people from public…

Drawing on historical epistemology and considerations on the function of scientific modelling, this article investigates how in the mid-twentieth century electronic and programmable animal models became tools for exploring the inaccessible ontology of the human mind. The article examines how machines have informed our understanding of the learning…

From the vantage point of present educational policy, it appears fairly straightforward to seek the solution to felt social and societal crises in education. Hence, on the basis of this statement, education can be considered as the most suitable tool to repair a perceived damage or the most effective medicine to cure a diagnosed sickness. Through…

This article examines the long-run effect of higher education, measured in average years of tertiary schooling, on the level and growth rate of national per capita income. It uses an improved dataset on educational attainments which not only reduces measurement error but also overcomes data comparability issues and allows us to estimate the…

The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and nonelite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment where the increase in the size of the elite track was…

This textbook is the 16th volume of a bound periodical. The "American Journal of Education" was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. Among the topics covered by articles in this issue are: public instruction in the Austrian Empire; the nature and value of education; the dignity of the…

This is the fourth volume of the bound periodical, "American Journal of Education" which was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. This volume includes issues 10 through 12 September 1857 through March 1858. Articles in this volume cover topics such as: public instruction in Sardinia;…

This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1891-'92, containing Part I. This volume includes the Commissioner's Introduction and Part I, which contains the chapters: (1) General Classified Summary of Pupils of All Grades in Public and Private Schools and Institutions; (2) Statistics of State Common School Systems;…

The Commissioner of Education offers summary statistics and discussion on state school systems' enrollment, average daily attendance, school property, teachers, revenues, and expenditures. The commissioner also includes University College School, London; Master W.H. Widgery's report on the International Educational Congresses held during the Paris…

Volume 2 of the Commissioner's report includes a chapter on education and crime, which considers the relationship between crime and education with statistics included. The Canadian education chapter discusses the public education system, universities, current issues, technical and industrial education, and a section on Ontario education. Chapter…