Sid Davis, an educational filmmaker in the 1950s and '60s who specialized in dark cautionary tales crafted to frighten captive classroom audiences away from even thinking about misbehaving, has died.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor Karen Rader provided an overview of the purpose of science education. This lesson plan about Cold War-era science education films opens ...

Travel back to the 1950s with this nostalgic educational film designed to teach housewives how to shop smartly and stretch every dollar. Packed with tips on budgeting, comparing prices, reading labels ...

Using aggregate data for occupations, this study examines changes between 1950 and 1970 in the relationship between (1) level of education and level of earnings and (2) inequality of education and ...

When it was introduced in Britain, the 1944 Education Act mapped out a new era for education. For the first time, local authorities became responsible for providing education according to “age, ...

Empirical investigations of the role of human capital require accurate measures across countries and over time. This column describes a new dataset on educational attainment for 146 countries at ...

Three elementary-aged students sitting on floor in circle. Learning a different language can be a point of pride, but there is a practical advantage too. Job postings seeking bilingual or trilingual ...