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Milwaukee Wpa Handicraft Project Online Exhibit, Lois M. Quinn, Mary Kellogg Rice
Milwaukee Wpa Handicraft Project Online Exhibit, Lois M. Quinn, Mary Kellogg Rice
ETI Publications
This online presentation provides photographs and text from an exhibit prepared by the late Mary Kellogg Rice for the Golda Meir Library in October 1997. Rice served as art director for a highly regarded WPA project operating in the 1930s for women in Milwaukee County. The historic WPA photographs and examples of project work were collected by Rice for her book “Useful Work for Unskilled Women: A Unique Milwaukee WPA Project,” published by the Milwaukee County Historical Society in 2003. Rice dedicated the exhibit to the five thousand women and men who worked for the Milwaukee Handicraft Project from 1935 …
Attempted Reform Of The Ged Credential In Wisconsin, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
Attempted Reform Of The Ged Credential In Wisconsin, Lois M. Quinn, John Pawasarat
ETI Publications
This paper summarizes the Wisconsin research that led to educational policy changes for the GED (General Education Development) high school equivalency credential and tracks the attempted reform of the GED credential in the 1980s, development of alternative instructional programs in the 1990s, and subsequent reestablishment of the GED in the state’s high schools. The history sheds light on the role of the test publisher in promoting its product at the state level, the function of the GED in alleviating pressures imposed on local school districts by higher graduation requirements, and the competitive marketing advantages of a nationally-known GED credential over …