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Mavrogenes, Nancy A. – 1985
William S. Gray, Professor of Education and Dean of the College of Education at the University of Chicago, began work in 1929 on a major revision of the "Elson Readers," a popular basal series published by Scott, Foresman and Company. Organized around the daily life of two ordinary children, the "Dick and Jane" readers…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Cultural Influences, Educational History, Elementary Education
