Articles & Books

Journal Articles, Papers and Books related to the Smith-Hughes Act (new additions are at the top of each listing):

Journal Articles:

• • Inspiring Young Farmers, Then and Now, GROW (UW Magazine), Sara Schoenborn

• 100 Years of Secondary Career Prep Success, The Hill, LeAnn Wilson

• What if the Smith-Hughes Act Never Existed? The Agricultural Education Magazine. Gary Moore. Vol. 89, No. 4, pages 5-7.

• Former Ag Teacher Preserves Ag Education/FFA History. (An article from the Wisconsin State Farmer)

• The Smith-Hughes Act: The Road to It and What It Accomplished, Gary Moore, Techniques, Feb. 2017, Vol. 92, No. 2, pages 16-21.

  • Smith-Hughes Act Transforms Agricultural Education, Andrea Fristoe, Techniques, Feb. 2017, Vol. 92, No. 2, pages 28-31.

• A Brief History of CTE. Catherine Imperatore. Techniques, Feb. 2017, Vol. 92, No. 2, pages 33-34.

• The Philosophy of The Smith-Hughes Act – Then and Now, Cayce Scarborough, The Agricultural Education Magazine, Feb. 1987, Vol. 59, No. 8 , pages 16-18

• Smith, Hughes, Page, and Prosser, William G. Camp, The Agricultural Education Magazine, Feb. 1987; Vol. 59; No. 8, pages 5-7.

  • The Status of Agricultural Education Prior to the Smith-Hughes Act, Gary E. Moore, The Agricultural Education Magazine, Feb. 1987, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp.8-10

  • Agricultural Education After Smith-Hughes: A Decade of Growth and Definition. Barbara Malpiedi, The Agricultural Education Magazine, Feb. 1987, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp.11-13

  • Vocational Education for the Public Schools: The Laying of the Foundation. Ray Herren, The Agricultural Education Magazine, Feb. 1987, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp.14-16

  • Teacher Education in Agriculture Provisions of the Smith-Hughes Legislation. James Key and Robert Price, The Agricultural Education Magazine, Feb. 1987, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp.19-20.

• The Coalition that Supported the Smith-Hughes Act or a Case for Strange Bedfellows. John Hillison. Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, v11 n2 p4-11 Spr 1995.

• Controversy and Unification: The Passage of the Smith-Hughes Act. Ray Herren. Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, v27 n1 p39-44 Spr 1986.

• Charles A. Prosser and the Smith-Hughes Act. Arthur G. Wirth. Educational Forum, 36, 3, 365-71, Mar 72

• Agricultural Teacher Education Preceding the Smith-Hughes Act. John Hillison. Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, v28 n2 p8-17 Sum 1987.

• John Dewey's Philosophical Opposition to Smith-Hughes Type Vocational Education. Arthur G. Wirth. Educational Theory, 22, 1, 69-77, W 72.

• Agricultural Education and Cooperative Extension: The Early Agreements. John Hillison. Journal of Agricultural Education, v37 n1 p9-14 1996

• The Federal Board for Vocational Education: Its Composition, Controversies and Contributions. John Hillison and Gary Moore. Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, v10 n1 p21-29 Fall 1993.

• Philosophical Issues in the Vocational-Liberal Studies Controversy (1900-1917). John Dewey vs. the Social Efficiency Philosophers. Arthur G. Wirth, Studies in Philosophy and Education, 8, 3, 169-182, W 74

• History of Agricultural Education in America: The Great Individuals and Events. William G. Camp and John R. Crunkilton. Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, v26 n1 p57-63 Spr 1985.

• The Voc Ed Breakthrough. Edwin Rumpf. American Education, 11, 1, 22-4, Jan/Feb 75.

• Congressional District Schools: Forerunner of Federally Supported Vocational Education. John Hillison. Journal of Agricultural Education, v30 n4 p7-13 Win 1989.

• Senator Hoke Smith, Southern Congressman, and Agricultural Education, 1914-1917. Philip Grant, Jr., Agricultural History, Vol. 60, No. 2, Spring 1986, pages 111-122.

Books:

• Jones, Billy Walker. (1976) Vocational Legacy: Biography of Dudley Mays Hughes. (self published)

• Grantham, Dewey. (1958). Hoke Smith and the Politics of the New South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

• True, Alfred C. (1929). A History of Agricultural Education in the United States, 1785-1925. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.

• Barlow, Melvin (1976). The Unconquerable Senator Page. Washington: American Vocational Association.