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A History of Informal, Out-of-School Education
by Ryan W. Coughlan, Alan R. Sadovnik & Susan F. Semel - 2014
Informal, out-of-school education encompasses a variety of programs existing alongside the founding and growth of public schools. This chapter explores the history of the institutionalization of informal, out-of-school education, including programs offered by religious institutions, social service organizations, cultural institutions, special interest organizations, the media and universities. Access to these programs is neither uniformly offered nor guaranteed, a situation that potentially exacerbates existent inequities.
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| This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 113. No. 2. |
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- Ryan Coughlan
Rutgers University
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RYAN W. COUGHLAN is completing his doctoral work in Educational Policy in Urban Systems at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey as a Presidential Fellow. He received his AB from Harvard University and his MA in secondary education at the City College of New York. Previously, Ryan taught environmental science at Validus Preparatory Academy, a small public high school in the Bronx. His research interests include the sociology of education, systems of informal education, community schools, and teacher retention.
- Alan R. Sadovnik
Rutgers University
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ALAN R. SADOVNIK is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Education, Sociology and Public Administration and Affairs at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, where he is the Co-Director of the Institute on Educational Law and Policy and the Newark Schools Research Collaborative, and Coordinator of the Educational Policy track of the PhD Program in Urban Systems. He received his BA in sociology from Queens College of the City University of New York and MA and PhD in sociology from New York University. Among his publications are Exploring Education: An Introduction to the Foundations of Education (1994, 2001, 2006, 2013) and Sociology of Education: A Critical Reader (2007, 2010). His research interests include the sociology of education, urban educational reform and improvement, and the history of progressive education.
- Susan F. Semel
City College of New York
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SUSAN F. SEMEL is Chair of the Department of Secondary Education and Professor of Education at the City College of New York, as well as Professor of Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center. Among her publications are The Dalton School: The Transformation of a Progressive School (1992); Exploring Education: An Introduction to the Foundations of Education (1994, 2001, 2006, 2013); Foundations of Education: The Essential Texts (2010); “Schools of Tomorrow,” Schools of Today: What Happened to Progressive Education (1999).
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