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grid of four black and white photographs of donald m stewart

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An Interview with Donald M. Stewart

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homemade sign created by students in 1951 protesting wretched conditions at their school. the sign reads "hi we want a new school! strike"

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How a Band of High School Students Influenced Desegregation

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a photo of former new york governor mario cuomo on the set of meet the press

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Why Writing Is Important: An Interview with Mario Cuomo

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black and white photo of a classroom of students watching a lesson on a television

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Teaching With Television—In 1961

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Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti standing on a baseball field in a light suit and striped tie

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A Conversation with Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti

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a silver acorn and oak leaf on a black background

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The Advanced Placement Program: Reflections on Its Origins

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black and white image of a soldier in vietnam

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Vietnam Veterans in Higher Education

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black and white photo of two native american men in street clothes looking at the camera

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The Reappearance of the Vanishing American

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portrait of alexander hamilton on a brown background

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Alexander Hamilton: Nontraditional Student

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a collage of the american flag, declaration of independence, and constitution

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Civic Participation: We Need It Everywhere, More Than Ever

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an illustration of people walking into a school carrying bulky computers and walking out with a stack of books

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Computers: The New Kick in the Schools

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an illustration in blue and gold of two men from the 19th century standing atop the statue of liberty's torch

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Immigration and the Traditions of Liberty

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an illustration of a crouching college student looking angry and holding a sign that reads watts wrong

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What’s Really Behind Our Students’ Unrest?

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an elderly ukranian woman raises her right hand as she reads her "Oath Of Allegiance" during a naturalization ceremony in 2004

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Immigration: Education’s Story Past, Present, and Future

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a black and white photo rom 1986 of college professor Tom Tucker sitting at a computer and writing on a tablet with a stylus connected to the computer

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Teaching AP Calculus by Telephone and Computer

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