William B Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1476939 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William B Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | William B |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS W B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Intentional transformation in a small school district
Reconsidering the Power of the Superintendent in the Progressive Period
Raymond E. Callahan’s Education and the Cult of Efficiency advanced the widely accepted notion about superintendents being extremely vulnerable to myriad pressures and criticisms of various special interest groups. To test this vulnerability thesis, we followed the career path of a single school executive in three cities between 1914–1922. As an active and long-time influential member of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education…
The Politicization of Efficiency Concepts in the Progressive Period, 1918-1922
The Stratification of School Knowledge through Extracurricular Activities in an Urban High School
School clubs and schools teams, as well as school classes, offer or limit opportunity
A Quantitative Study of Differentiated School Knowledge Transmission in Buffalo, 1918-1931
The 1920s were years of dramatic and kaleidoscopic events in an industrial city such as Buffalo, New York. This was a decade of mass migration of rural blacks from the South into the North; the continued immigration of southern and eastern Europeans, primarily from Italy and Poland; recession due to war-time industries winding down to peace-time production; and a rising xenophobia in the Red Scare, a fear of social revolution, and a general conce…
Conservative Currents in Howard Washington Odum's Agenda for Social Reform in Southern Race Relations, 1930-1936
Competition and Cooperation as Contradictory Norms in Urban Schools
School and the social adjustment of youth have continued to be a primary concern among educators. Recent national polls point to declining standards and their effective enforcement as the major problem facing American education.' Typically, urban schools, comprising a student clientele who come principally from lowerand working-class homes, are the object of much of this public criticism. Ironically, educators cannot promise schooling as the aven…
Black Intellectuals' Critique of Early Mental Testing
The numerous studies supporting ideologies about the innate mental inferiority of blacks and certain ethnic groups generated a backlash of rejoinders among black intellectuals of the 1920s. Responding to the denigrating inferences mental test researchers were drawing from their data, a group of black social scientists challenged these hereditarian views and argued that inferior performance by blacks on intelligence tests was a function of environ…
Urban Schooling for Black Migrant Youth
Like other large northern cities, Buffalo slighted the education of black newcomers
Black Intellectuals' Critique of Early Mental Testing
The numerous studies supporting ideologies about the innate mental inferiority of blacks and certain ethnic groups generated a backlash of rejoinders among black intellectuals of the 1920s. Responding to the denigrating inferences mental test researchers were drawing from their data, a group of black social scientists challenged these hereditarian views and argued that inferior performance by blacks on intelligence tests was a function of environ…
The Stratification of School Knowledge through Extracurricular Activities in an Urban High School
School clubs and schools teams, as well as school classes, offer or limit opportunity
Reconsidering the Power of the Superintendent in the Progressive Period
Raymond E. Callahan’s Education and the Cult of Efficiency advanced the widely accepted notion about superintendents being extremely vulnerable to myriad pressures and criticisms of various special interest groups. To test this vulnerability thesis, we followed the career path of a single school executive in three cities between 1914–1922. As an active and long-time influential member of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education…
The Politicization of Efficiency Concepts in the Progressive Period, 1918-1922
A Quantitative Study of Differentiated School Knowledge Transmission in Buffalo, 1918-1931
The 1920s were years of dramatic and kaleidoscopic events in an industrial city such as Buffalo, New York. This was a decade of mass migration of rural blacks from the South into the North; the continued immigration of southern and eastern Europeans, primarily from Italy and Poland; recession due to war-time industries winding down to peace-time production; and a rising xenophobia in the Red Scare, a fear of social revolution, and a general conce…
Urban Schooling for Black Migrant Youth
Like other large northern cities, Buffalo slighted the education of black newcomers
Black Intellectuals' Critique of Early Mental Testing
The numerous studies supporting ideologies about the innate mental inferiority of blacks and certain ethnic groups generated a backlash of rejoinders among black intellectuals of the 1920s. Responding to the denigrating inferences mental test researchers were drawing from their data, a group of black social scientists challenged these hereditarian views and argued that inferior performance by blacks on intelligence tests was a function of environ…
Conservative Currents in Howard Washington Odum's Agenda for Social Reform in Southern Race Relations, 1930-1936
Competition and Cooperation as Contradictory Norms in Urban Schools
School and the social adjustment of youth have continued to be a primary concern among educators. Recent national polls point to declining standards and their effective enforcement as the major problem facing American education.' Typically, urban schools, comprising a student clientele who come principally from lowerand working-class homes, are the object of much of this public criticism. Ironically, educators cannot promise schooling as the aven…
A Quantitative Study of Differentiated School Knowledge Transmission in Buffalo, 1918-1931
The 1920s were years of dramatic and kaleidoscopic events in an industrial city such as Buffalo, New York. This was a decade of mass migration of rural blacks from the South into the North; the continued immigration of southern and eastern Europeans, primarily from Italy and Poland; recession due to war-time industries winding down to peace-time production; and a rising xenophobia in the Red Scare, a fear of social revolution, and a general conce…
The Politicization of Efficiency Concepts in the Progressive Period, 1918-1922
The Stratification of School Knowledge through Extracurricular Activities in an Urban High School
School clubs and schools teams, as well as school classes, offer or limit opportunity
Reconsidering the Power of the Superintendent in the Progressive Period
Raymond E. Callahan’s Education and the Cult of Efficiency advanced the widely accepted notion about superintendents being extremely vulnerable to myriad pressures and criticisms of various special interest groups. To test this vulnerability thesis, we followed the career path of a single school executive in three cities between 1914–1922. As an active and long-time influential member of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education…
Intentional transformation in a small school district
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (2 works) · Economic history (2 works)