The Journal of Education (ISSN 0022-0574) is an academic journal, published by SAGE Publishing on behalf of the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, with Hardin Coleman as its editor-in-chief. It bills itself as "the oldest educational publication in the country".[1]

History edit

The Journal of Education was formed in 1875 by the union of the Maine Journal of Education, the Massachusetts Teacher, the Rhode Island Schoolmaster, the Connecticut School Journal, and the College Courant. The oldest of these, the Connecticut School Journal, had been published under various names since 1838. The merged journal was originally called the New England Journal of Education from 1875 to 1880 and (after several additional mergers) became the Journal of Education by 1892.[2][3]

The Boston University School of Education took over as its publisher in 1953.[4] By the early 1970s, the relevance of the journal had lagged, and the school revitalized it by turning it into a student-run journal, modeling it after student-run law review journals.[5] In 2009, this decision was overturned, and the journal instituted peer review for its articles and editorial control by "eminent scholars" rather than students.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Journal home page, SAGE Publishing, retrieved 2020-04-12
  2. ^ Hayes, Donn W. (April 1955), "Through Eighty Years with the Journal of Education", The Journal of Education, 137 (7): 1–4, doi:10.1177/002205745513700701, JSTOR 42800005, S2CID 189339088
  3. ^ "Title history", The Journal of Education, JSTOR, retrieved 2020-04-12
  4. ^ Kahn, Albert S. (April 1968), "Boston University School of Education", The Journal of Education, 150 (4): 9–85, doi:10.1177/002205746815000402, JSTOR 42772759, S2CID 187898992; see in particular p. 56
  5. ^ Dentler, Robert A. (February 1976), "The Journal and the School of Education, Past and Future", The Journal of Education, 158 (1): 6–8, doi:10.1177/002205747615800103, JSTOR 42755173, S2CID 188773552
  6. ^ "About us", Journal of Education, Boston University, retrieved 2020-04-12