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colonies mandate that parents teach children the principles of religion and the capital laws of the commonwealth (pg 219)
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Colonies of 50 or more families must hire a school teacher and colonies of 100 or more must appoint a latin teacher for preparation to Harvard College where they will be educated for the ministry (pg 219)
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Primer's of this period were intended to advance literacy in the context of moral and religious lessons (pg 220)
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required that communities set aside land for educational purposes (pg 222)
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founded by Emma Willard - the curriculum was controvercial and included literature and rhetoric .was controvecial - it would expose women to "the squabbling of heathen gods and goddesses" and distract them from the attributes of one true god
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Northeast leads the way for establishment of common schools that are free and accessible to all children (pg 226)
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Philadelphia created a "school of pedagogy" for men only and established a policy that limited teaching positions in the top two grades to men (pg 229)
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Horace Mann promoted state funded post-secondary schools called Normal Schools named after Ecole Normale (pg 227)
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Mann also promoted organization of children by age
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Catharine Beecher founded the Hartford Female Seminary to advance the education of women (pg 229)
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Catharine Beecher organized the "Women's Educational Association" (pg 229)
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because education in local schools was not working to teach the American Indian the language, American Indian children were forcilby sent from home hundreds of miles from home to be taught the english way (pg 248)
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The US Government supported the education and extended the initiative for an education that supported the culture of the American Indian. (pg 253)
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(pg 245)
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Congress passed Title IX of Elementary and Secondary Education allowing participation in any educational activity that receives federal financial assistance regardless of their sex. (pg