A pseudoscientific course basing all biology, zoology, geology and paleontology on scriptural precepts and the teachings of fundamentalist Protestant churches.
A disciple of JOHN DEWEY and author of Dare the School Build a New Social Order?, a controversial pamphlet, published in 1932, urging American teachers to change the American social system through student indoctrination.
A common method of teaching spelling by asking students to spell words they have not studied before and giving them a master list with which to correct their own tests.
A publicly supported radio-television network created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 to provide the public with educational and culturally enriching radio and television programs.
A federal agency created by the National Service Trust Act of 1993 as an umbrella organization for related public service organizations then scattered throughout various unrelated government departments.
American capitalist who founded Cornell University. A pioneer in telegraphic communication and founder of the Western Union Telegraph Co., he amassed a personal fortune that allowed him to devote much of his later life to public affairs.
A unique, private, New York City institution of higher education, founded in 1859 by the inventor/philanthropist Peter Cooper (1791–1883) as a tuitionfree academy and college for both women and men.
A program of vocational education in which private industry and local colleges cooperate to provide students with a combination of classroom and on-the-job training.
