Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The History of Western Europe -- II. Education in the United States -- III. The Organization of education in great periods or epochs of history -- IV. Source materials for early periods and notable textbooks -- V. Educators of primary importance -- VI. Educators of secondary importance -- VII. National school systems, and European influence on the United States -- VIII. The Junior high school, the junior college, the universities, and the special and type schools -- IX. The History of the curriculum -- X. The Education of very young children, education of the handicapped, and adult education -- XI. Relations of the federal government of the United States to education, vocational education and guidance, and notable school societies -- XII. Teachers training; test, measurements, and statistical research; and definition and ultimate aims of education -- XIII. Dates in the history of education.

Review outlines in history cannot replace standard textbooks in any field. Students of the history of education who attempt to memorize such outlines without having studied a comprehensive textbook will find them worse than useless.