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Free Education Books - History of Education
  1. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform by National Commission on Excellence in Education (HTML at ed.gov)

  2. A Short History of Education (second edition, 1904) by George Benson Clough (HTML with commentary in the Netherlands)

  3. A Statement of the Theory of Education in the United States of America by United States Office of Education (page images at MOA)

  4. Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich (HTML at PSU)

  5. Japanese Education (1995 edition) by Katsuta Shiuchi and Nakauchi Toshio (illustrated HTML in Japan)

  6. Lessons Learned from FIPSE Projects by United States Department of Education (HTML at ed.gov)

  7. Lessons Learned from FIPSE Projects II by United States Department of Education (HTML at ed.gov)

  8. Lessons Learned from FIPSE Projects III by United States Department of Education (HTML at ed.gov)

  9. Memoirs of Mary D. Bradford by Mary Davison Bradford (HTML and page images at LOC)

  10. Student Social Action by Tom Hayden (frame-dependent page images at MSU)

  11. Taking a Stand on Education by Helen P. Rogers (HTML at Wellington Publications)

  12. The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson (HTML at jjnet.com)

  13. The Graves of Academe by Richard Mitchell
    1. HTML at AOL
    2. multiple formats in Australia

  14. The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum of the Conduct of Universities by Business Men by Thorsten Veblen (text at McMaster; 540K)

  15. The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School by Francisco Ferrer, trans. by Joseph McCabe (HTML at GeoCities)

  16. The Revival of Education by Samuel J. May (page images at MOA)