Articles about Education

Business colleges played an important but often-overlooked role in American education. For the better part of a half-century, Brown’s B...

The post-World War II era marked a dramatic evolution—if not revolution—in the design of school buildings. In Bloomington...

The start of 1946-1947 school year, coming as it did a full year after the end of World War II, was a sign of the nation’s halting retu...

After World War II, Illinois State Normal University put out the welcome mat for returning soldiers and sailors looking to reintegrate ...

Although it may be hard to believe, the current Bloomington High School is nearly six decades old. The school opened back in the fall o...

“Miss Colby was a most unusual person,” noted Helen Marshall in her centennial history of Illinois State Normal University. “She was an...

Although racially segregated schools are associated with the “Jim Crow” Deep South and the Civil Rights Movement, northern communities ...

Today marks the 38th anniversary of the death of Dr. Clifford E. Horton, one of the titans of Illinois State University athletics. Toda...

The racial climate throughout the United States deteriorated steadily in the first quarter of the 20th century. During this period, Jim...