Education

August 29, 2016

The Sampler: Fall Cover Story–First Offender Club

By Michael C. Dooling (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. Fall 2016 Over the course of a nearly 40-year career, from 1934 to 1972, New Haven’s J. Edward Slavin was bent on deterring youth at risk from […]
August 18, 2016

To Work or to School: Educating Children in 19th Century Connecticut

By Gregg Mangan (c) Connecticut Explored, Inc. Summer 2009 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! In 21st-century America, there’s much debate as to the best way to educate our children. The home-school movement aside, though, most of us […]
March 31, 2016

Educated in One Room

by Clarissa J. Ceglio, Janice Matthews, & Elizabeth Normen (c) Connecticut Explored Inc. SUMMER 2007 Subscribe/Buy the Issue! If a town is lucky enough to still have a one-room schoolhouse, the community invariably has a […]
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