Teaching Kids Their Place
A historical survey of early 20th century teaching finds students being taught their place in the socioeconomic system.
What Students are Forgetting this Summer
The gap between students when it comes to educational achievement may come down to more than schools.
Debtors’ Prisons, Class, and Patriotism in 18th Century Ireland
In a paper for Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Martyn J. Powell discusses the politics that seem to have limited the use of debtors' prisons in Ireland.
Rednecks: A Brief History
What is a "redneck" exactly? Kelli Marshall explores a brief history of the word.