A student taking a standardized test in the Netherlands
Source: Creative Commons (Onderwijsgek)

An engraving of Boston Latin School in the mid-17th century, the first public school in the English colonies (1635)
Source: Public Domain

Fairfield Senior High School in Fairfield, OH
Source: Creative Commons (Jgsodre)
A public elementary school, the main battle ground for No Child Left Behind
Source: Public Domain

No Child Left Behind signed in Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio, Jan 8, 2002. George W. Bush with Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Secretary of Education Rod Paige and Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Source: Public Domain

Students taking a test at the University of Vienna in 2005
Source: Public Domain

Dennis Van Roekel-President of the National Education Association
Source: Iowa State Education Association

Horace Mann- 19th century education reformer, c1850
Source: Public Domain

Randi Weingarten, current President of the American Federation of Teachers
Source: AFL-CIO, Molly Theobald

W.E.B. Du Bois-Civil Rights and Education Reformer, 1904
Source: Public Domain

Dr. Ruth Wright Hayre, education reformer and Philadelphia public school teacher, in the 1950s
Source: Public Domain

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 2009
Source: Public Domain
The Headquarters of the National Education Association in Washington, D.C., 2009
Source: Creative Commons (User AgnosticPreachersKid)

Former Secretary of Education Rod Paige (2001-2005)
Source: Public Domain

Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (2005-2009)
Source: Public Domain