Education Books

Old Greek Education

J. P. Mahaffy

There have been only two earlier nations and one later which could compete with the Greeks in their treatment of this perpetual problem in human progress. We have first the Egyptian nation, which by i..

Practical School Discipline - Applied Methods, Part 1

Ray Coppock Beery

The Teachers’ Club is a coöperative organization from which we expect the most stimulating results—results which can be made much more effective by personal correspondence with its members. Your exper..

Learning to Spell - A Manual for Teachers Using the Aldine Speller

Catherine T. Bryce

Ever since the school of early days spelling has accompanied “reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic” as a part of the curriculum. The day when reading was taught by the “spelling method,” so called, is not..

The Goose-step - A Study of American Education

Upton Sinclair

Six hundred thousand young people are attending colleges and universities in America. They are the pick of our coming generation; they are the future of our country. If they are wisely and soundly tau..

Stories and Story-telling

Angela M. Keyes

All the stories in this book have been tested with children. Favorites easily available in other collections have been omitted. The writer hopes that by providing the busy teacher with “tellable” stor..

The Art of Story-Telling

Julia Darrow Cowles

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Miss Mabel Bartleson, children’s librarian, and to Miss Ida May Ferguson, of the children’s department of the Minneapolis Public Library, for their thoughtful assist..

The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School

Francisco Ferrer

On October 12, 1909, Francisco Ferrer y Guardia was shot in the trenches of the Montjuich Fortress at Barcelona. Evidence sent in Ferrer’s favour was confiscated by the police; the witnesses who could..

Penmanship - Teaching and Supervision

Leta Severance Hiles

Reading, writing, and arithmetic have for long been looked upon as the fundamentals in education. And in very truth they are. No small part of this entire problem, especially when applied to grade pup..