Offers quotes from articles about English teaching in the United States published in professional journals from 1847 to 1955. Suggests there never was a "golden age" of English teaching. Shows discussion and controversy about teaching writing, about what literature should be allowed in the schools, whether teaching grammar is worthwhile, and…

Discusses the work and contributions of Lou LaBrant, who became president of the National Council of Teachers of English in 1954, and who was one of the foremost progressive practitioners of reading and writing instruction. Discusses her research, her teaching, her experience, and her lifelong insistence that the writing curriculum had to be…

Traces the genealogy of the people who established, refined, defended, and maintained the study of literature for adolescents, including the pioneering contributions of Dora V. Smith starting in the 1930s. Contains 10 references to articles that look back on YA literature and its pioneers; and annotations of 10 new or overlooked YA books worth…

Provide a brief, selective history of teaching English as a second language (from Colonial times to World War II). (RS)

Describes the past 20 years in American education as a time in which the myths of American technological superiority, equal opportunity, and popular wisdom were shattered. (DD)

Discusses the impact of the humanistic revolution in education of the 1960s on the English classroom of the 1970s. (DD)

Reviews trends in the teaching of grammar and composition and the impact of the Dartmouth Conference and the "New English" on the teaching of composition. (DD)

Discusses the academic reform movement, counter-culture humanists, the Dartmouth Conference, elective programs, and trends in the teaching of literature, film, and the popular arts. (DD)

Presents a perspective on the teaching of literature from the 1940s to the 1970s. (DD)

Traces the history of the English elective curriculum from its roots in the 1890s to its flowering in the 1960s. (DD)

Describes the history of behavioral objectives in the teaching of English and the controversy that has surrounded their use. (DD)

Traces the history of the ERIC Clearinghouse at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) headquarters from 1967 (Clearinghouse on the Teaching of English) to 1979 (Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills). (DD)

Discusses the history of the author's involvement with books for more than 65 years and with the teaching of English for more than 40 years. (DD)

Traces the history of the speech of New Yorkers, compares the speech of New Yorkers with the speech of those living elsewhere in America, and discusses the low prestige of New York City pronunciation. (DD)

Discusses the need for English teachers to have an historical perspective on their profession. (DD)