A curriculum that teaches fundamental reading, writing and calculating skills and a broad knowledge of science and history.

The Hindu-Arabic numeration system by which all basic calculations can be performed mentally, without the aid of mechanical devices.

A statistical distribution system, which, for teachers, uses a straight line to represent data norms before they introduce a new or altered educational program.

Any of a series of books designed to teach children to read.

French-born teacher, historian, author and critic of post–World War II American education.

A leading American publisher of college and university directories and guides to college and graduate school admissions tests.

A school or campus conforming to the federal REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 and the AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 and to state and local regulations mandating free access to education and employment facilities for handicapped students, faculty and employees.

A shrewd entrepreneur, impresario, showman and, coincidentally, a major force in early 19th-century education and the development of the American MUSEUM as a conduit for education.

A private, nonsectarian college founded as a college for women in 1889 by the trustees of Columbia University in New York City.

Pioneer American educator responsible for founding the public school systems of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

American educator and for 25 years president of Columbia College and responsible for its growth and expansion into a university.

A 1959 United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutional right of congressional committees to conduct investigations in the field of education.

Protestant Christians whose faith evolved from 17th-century Puritanism and Congregationalism, and is rooted in the belief that “conversion”—the deep, spiritual embrace of and commitment to Christianity—must precede Baptism.

An independent, graduate education college, founded in 1916 in New York City as an experimental center to improve education.

American educator, historian and statesman who, as secretary of navy under President James Knox Polk, presided over the founding of the UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1845.

A system of teaching the alphabet by using three basic forms—an oval (ball), a line (stick) and an angled V (bird)—from which all the letters of the alphabet can then be formed by adding one or more balls, sticks or birds.

American educator, author, educational philosopher and antagonist of John Dewey’s PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION movement.

English philosopher, essayist, barrister, member of Parliament and counsel to the crown, whose The Advancement of Learning established new guidelines for education in England and the American colonies.

An educational movement and a curriculum stressing a return of American public schools to a fundamental core curriculum based on English...

A certification by an institution of successful completion of four years of college academics.

A term meaning “bachelor,” but with multiple meanings in education.