How great has been the improvement in methods of teaching during recent years can be measured to some extent by a comparison of newly published books intended for use in public elementary schools with ...

THE schoolmaster in the country is just now very much in want of a text-book to guide him in giving that kind of instruction which is variously termed “nature knowledge” or “rural economy”; such ...

A group of preschool children with their teachers walking by Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park in downtown Chicago in July 2010. Photo via Getty Images The adage that “crime is socially constructed” ...

From medieval to modern: bookshelves in chains -- The things that go on a bookshelf -- Bookshelves that move -- Bookshelves as signs and symbols -- The life cycle of a bookshelf "Object Lessons is a ...