Thomas Jefferson is well known as the author of the Declaration of Independence and as the third President of the United States, and he also had significant impacts on the education of Americans. In early colonial American, there was not a public education system, and only wealthy families could afford access to the private education…
Born in 469 BC, Socrates is considered the father of western philosophy. Interestingly, Socrates never wrote anything, and therefore all we know about him comes from what others wrote about him, especially his student Plato through his many dialogues. In one of these dialogues, Socrates even discusses the merits of the spoken word overwritten since…
One of the main reasons many people decide to join the military is the substantial educational benefits. While serving, servicemembers can take advantage of tuition assistance and, upon an honorable discharge, can take advantage of the GI Bill to pay for college. Created as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, the GI Bill was developed…
Televisions, Computers, and Tablets! The rapid development of technology in the latter years of the 20th century until today has had a tremendous impact on how students learn. The 1950s saw educational content televised for the first time, and in the 1980s, the inclusion of the computer in the classroom provided students with access to…
