Correspondence, 1956-1965.

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Correspondence, 1956-1965.

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Correspondence of CBE officers, including Thomas A. Bledsoe, Harold L. Clapp, James D. Koerner, and Mortimer Smith, relating to the activities and concerns of the council, including textbook recommendations, and CBE publications. Includes information relating to regulations governing teacher training and certification; political issues; traditional vs. "new" math; CBE's educational philosophy and strategies, including its stance for the study of traditional disciplines in elementary and secondary schools, teaching phonics, special education for the gifted, and emphasis on liberal arts training, and against "progressive" education, the "look-say" method of teaching reading, the requirement of many education credits for teacher certification, and athletics, driver-education, and life-adjustment courses; and other top.

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Council for basic education

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Private nonprofit American organization for promotion of education. From the description of Council for Basic Education records, 1956-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864840 Incorporated 1956 as a non-profit educational organization. From the description of Correspondence, 1956-1965. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28413909 Biographical/Historical Note A privat...

Koerner, James D.

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Smith, Mortimer Brewster, 1906-1981

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Co-founder, editor, and executive director of Council for Basic Education (CBE); d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1949-1981. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28421968 ...

Bledsoe, Thomas A., 1914-....

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Clapp, Harold L., 1909-1961

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