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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Betts, Robin – History of Education, 2002
Offers an appraisal of the 'Schoolmaster', a weekly journal started by a group of teachers, and a former editor of the news journal, Thomas James Macnamara. States the 'Schoolmaster', under Macnamara's direction, provided a means to draw teachers into the policymaking process and brought public notoriety to its editor. (KDR)
Descriptors: Editors, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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Betts, Robin – History of Education, 1998
Reviews the efforts for developing technical education in England that occurred from 1867-89, the reasons for wanting to institute technical education, and the various reasons why the call for technical education failed. Maintains that England's refusal to adopt the technical education approaches of other countries has long been regretted. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Betts, Robin – History of Education, 1988
Discusses the views of A. J. Mundella concerning the scope and quality of the government's provision for education in England, which he considered to be inadequate when compared with many other nations. Examines his actions and ideology, and those of Robert Wild, concerning the status of teachers in England. (GEA)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education