American Decades
What Educational TV Offers You
Pamphlet
By: Jack Mabley
Date: 1954
Source: Mabley, Jack. What Educational TV Offers You. Public Affairs Pamphlet no. 203. New York: The Public Affairs Committee, 1954.
About the Author: Jack Mabley (1915–) earned a degree from the University of Illinois in 1938. He was a columnist, reporter, and television editor with the Chicago Daily News from 1938 to 1961, and then a columnist and editor for the Chicago American and later the Chicago Tribune. In 2003, Mabley was a columnist for the Daily Herald, in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Introduction
The 1950s saw a tremendous expansion of television viewing. While some had already become leery of the potential negative effects of television, many had high hopes for the educational possibilities of the new technology. Here was a way for everyone to be able to access the best in...
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1950's Education Primary Sources
- Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of Borough of Hawthorne et al.
- "8 Teacher Ousters in Communist Case Asked by Examiner"
- Defining "Equal" in Higher Education
- God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom"
- What Educational TV Offers You
- Why Johnny Can't Read—and What You Can Do About It
- A Report to the President: The Committee for the White House Conference on Education—Full Report.
- Education of Mentally Retarded Children Act
- The Cold War's Effect on U.S. Education
- Education and Liberty: The Role of the Schools in a Modern Democracy
- The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
