The article characterizes the process of the development of academic science in Russia during 75 years since its formation. The main results of the activities of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the Russian Federation, the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR and the Russian Academy of Education are summarized.

The article deals with scientific and organizational results of the International scientific and practical conference - XXXI session of the Scientific Council in education history and pedagogy of the Russian Academy of Education “A Teacher and the Formation Process: historical experience of education and culture transfer”, which took place on 6-7 June 2016 in the Tver State University.

There are characterized the scientific and moral and ethic qualities of the generation of the scientists-front-line soldiers. There is characterized the work in the years of war of a veteran, scientist, academician M.N. Skatkin.

In the course of the analysis of the historic way of the domestic education starting from the second half of the XIX century until the modern period, there are marked out six periods of development of correlation of the pedagogic theory and practice and noted the productive forms of such correlation, substantiated the urgency and significance of these forms at the modern stage.