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History of Education Quarterly

academic journal

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Source revisionJun 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ15751367 ↗
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History of Education Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of education. It is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the History of Education Society and was established in 1949 as the History of Education Journal, obtaining its current name in 1961. At the time, Ryland W. Crary (University of Pittsburgh) became the editor-in-chief. He was succeeded by Henry J. Perkinson (New York University, 1969–1972); Paul H. Mattingly (New York University, 1972–1986) and James McLachlan (New York University, co-editor 1984–1986); Edward McClellan (Indiana University, 1986–1988, 1996–1998); William J. Reese (Indiana University, 1988–1996); Richard J. Altenbaugh (Slippery Rock University, 1998–2007); James D. Anderson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007–2015), Yoon Pak (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, co-editor 2007–2015), and Christopher Span (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, co-editor 2007–2015); Nancy Beadie (University of Washington, 2015–2020) and Joy Williamson-Lott (University of Washington, 2015–2020). The current co-editors are AJ Angulo (University of Massachusetts Lowell) and Jack Schneider (University of Massachusetts Amherst).

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Further reading

Beadie, Nancy; Williamson-Lott, Joy; Gottesman, Isaac (2015). "History of Education Quarterly (HEQ) (US)" (PDF). In J. L. Hernández Huerta; A. Cagnolati; A. Diestro Fernández (eds.). Connecting History of Education: Scientific Journals as International Tools for a Global World. Salamanca: FahrenHouse.

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The public source identifies “History of Education Quarterly” as academic journal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around History, Education and Quarterly.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 1961, 1969, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with History, Education and Quarterly providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “History of Education Quarterly” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.