Thomas C. Hunt | Britannica

Thomas C. Hunt

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Dayton. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (2010), which he also coedited, formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (2)

Articles

National Defense Education Act

National Defense Education Act (NDEA), U.S. federal legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958, that provided funding to improve American schools and to promote postsecondary education. The goal of the legislation was to enable the…

Edgerton Bible case

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (January 2010)

By Thomas C. Hunt

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Educational reform, and to a lesser extent educational dissent, occupy a prominent place in the annals of U.S. education. Whether based on religious, cultural, social, philosophical, or pedagogical grounds, they are ever-present in our educational history. Although some reforms have been presented as a remedy for society's ills, most programs were aimed toward practical transformation of the existing...