72.024 - Pivotal Landmarks: Turning to Life History as a Guide to Contemporary Educational Policy and Practice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Historians examine the influence of three individuals whose work in publishing, school administration, and the legal system contributed significantly to educational policy and practice concerning collective decision making in schools, professional preparation of teachers, equitable school funding, and access to schooling. The life studies include a prolific educational writer and advocate of women’s education now lost to history, a well-known Chicago educator whose most important work has been little recognized, and the Supreme Court justice most associated with affirmative action. The issues taken up by the subjects reverberate still in contemporary philosophical and policy debates. The discussant, a historian well versed in biographical research, will focus on the ways in which life trajectories informed the work under examination.

Sub Unit

• Division F - Historical Inquiry in Education

Chair

• Linda M. Perkins, Claremont Graduate University

Papers

• Julia Wright's Educational Vision and Advocacy for Women - Lucy E. Bailey, Oklahoma State University

• Ella Flagg Young's Pivotal Role in Educational Theory and Practice - Jackie M. Blount, The Ohio State University

• Justice Powell's Critical Turn in Education Policy - Karen L. Graves, Denison University

Discussant

• Linda M. Perkins, Claremont Graduate University