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Education, United States Department of

(Encyclopedia) Education, United States Department of, executive department of the federal government responsible for advising on educational plans and policies, providing assistance for education,…

Edgeworth, Richard Lovell

(Encyclopedia) Edgeworth, Richard Lovell, 1744–1817, Anglo-Irish educational theorist, b. Bath, England, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Oxford; father of Maria Edgeworth. A member of the…

Thorndike, Edward Lee

(Encyclopedia) Thorndike, Edward LeeThorndike, Edward Leethôrnˈdīk [key], 1874–1949, American educator and psychologist, b. Williamsburg, Mass., grad. Wesleyan Univ., 1895, and Harvard, 1896, Ph.D.…

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

Historical BackgroundPerhaps no other case decided by the Court in the 20th century has had so profound an effect on the social fabric of America as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. By…

Ann Arbor

(Encyclopedia) Ann Arbor, city (2020 pop. 123,851), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of…

Civil Engineer (M. Lun)

Michelle Lun Tell us about your work---what do you do? I work for a California engineering firm that consults on large construction projects…

Database Administrator (Anon)

Anonymous Tell us about your work---what do you do? I am a consultant , and currently provide services as a database administrator/troubleshooter…