This account of the demise of English school boards suggests that the revised form of school governance established by the Tory-sponsored Education Act of 1902 provided a suprising liberal impetus to English education. (JH)

Discusses the proliferation of small sectarian colleges in the U.S. between 1800-1860 and its effect on the nation's development. (JF)

Examines institutionalization and marginalization in the context of the history of education. Contends marginality is a fluctuating concept. Introduces the concept of an intermediary zone between marginality and normal life defined as the area of fragile existence. Argues that studying the history of marginality can help researchers investigate…

Analyzes the texts and sites that articulated the twofold vision of geography education in 18th-century Britain. Focuses on children's books, moving onto the geographical training provided by schools of various kinds (grammar, commercial, and naval), and ending with the ways in which geography was incorporated into university education. (CMK)

Examines the relationship between a nation's educational system and the political structure of the state. Argues that education cannot be examined without attention to political entanglements. Contends that the relative weakness of both the Spanish government and the educational system prevent both from become stronger. (CFR)

Reviews the development of a social category of orphaned, neglected, and abandoned children in Great Britain and Canada during the late 1800s. Discusses the philosophy, practices, and impact of "binding out" or placing the children in orphan asylums. Describes the evolution to "boarding out" or placing children in foster homes.…

Focuses on the causes and effects of the shift between 1050 and 1125 of people leaving Germany to receive advanced training for high ecclesiastical office, on the subsequent decline in German cathedral schools, and on the delayed entry of Germany into the community of nations that sported universities. (CMK)

Examines the educational system in France, addressing the interests and roles of the family and communals. Evaluates the roles of three major institutional actors that took part in the emergence and organization of the educational systems: (1) the Church; (2) the State; and (3) the industrial bourgeoisie. (CMK)

Discusses racist teaching charts which accompanied a Nazi German teacher's textbook on race biology. Examines the significance of the work of Alfred Vogel within the context of Nazi race education. Warns that school curriculum can easily be used to pervert science and advance racism when under control of a racist state. (DK)

Describes the life and contributions of Scottish engineer Henry Dyer to educational developments in Japan and Scotland around the turn of the century. Relates his success in founding the Imperial College of Technology, Tokyo (Japan), and the lessons he brought back to Scotland after that experience. (DSK)

Maintains that accounts of education policy in post-1945 Great Britain may be distorted by the race and ethnic discourses embedded in both the analytical frameworks that historians employ and the primary source materials with which they work. Criticizes a number of key works from the 1960s to the present. (MJP)

Explores the range of the French syndicalist movement's educational project that encompassed student-worker groups, model schools and camps, youth groups, teacher syndicates, and most importantly, the Bourses du Travail (labor exchanges). Analyzes whether the project was an effective means to achieving syndicalist political goals. (CMK)

The general background and conference themes of the 1981 International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) are discussed. The future of the ISCHE is also examined. The appendix contains the list of basic papers and other resources of the working groups at the conference. (RM)

Analyzes establishment of compulsory moral and civic instruction in France at the turn of the century using the recently developed research techniques of social history. Maintains that the application of social history techniques will provide new insights into historical and educational research. Includes an extensive bibliography of primary and…