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John Dewey born in Burlington, Vermont.
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Dewey takes over the combined department of philosophy, psychology and pedagogy at the University of Chicago.
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DuBois says, "The factory system, with its minutely developed division of labor...renders its absolutely esential that the apprentice should learn his trade in the factory."
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American literary genius, John Steinbeck, was born.
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Sweden passes women's right to vote. American women continue to fight the good fight for the right to vote.
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Helen Todd asks 500 chldren working in factories in Chicago if they would rather work or go to school. 412 of them said they preferred to work than the monotony of being in a classroom each day.
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William Heard Kilpatrick's book "Foundations of Method" was published. It was an "account of how three rural schools in Missourt had successfully implemented the project curriculum" (Kliebard, 1987).
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Famous American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald published the classis, "The Great Gatsby".
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"The most successful attempt to bring the experience curriculum to the high school was launched at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English by John DeBoer in 1935" (Kliebard, 1987).
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Reform was happening at a rapid rate and new curricula were constantly being introduced. "Life adjustment education" was just one of many vocational curricula being created.
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Progressive curriculum proponent John Dewey dies at the age of 93 in New York City.
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The launch of Sputnik forces American's hand in the race for advanced technology and walking on the moon. The start of the Cold War begins.
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By the time Sputnik launches, life adjustment education is in steep decline and STEM will take its place.
