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Most comprehensive movement in the history of American education. Changed the way students learned, how schools were run, how teachers were trained, teaching methods, content and organization of curriculum, and even school furniture and architecture
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John Dewey wrote his first famous piece on education. Dewey proposes a psychological, social, and political framework for progressive education
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Stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression which had lasting effects until WWII began.
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Aimed at helping youth to deal with problems of everyday life as part of their general education. Curriculum included dating, finding a job, managing money, etc.
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Cold War stretches from 1947 to 1991
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Ruled segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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Reaction to what was thought to be a lack of intellectual rigor in the previous Life Adjustment Curriculum. Reformers believed that because Russia (USSR) had launched the first artificial satellite it meant that America had fallen behind and curriculum was lacking.
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During his State of the Union speech, President Johnson declared "The War on Poverty." The government had found new research on the effects of poverty and how it impacted of education.
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Aimed at improving education for the disadvantaged. During this reform movement, Head Start, "Sesame Street," antipoverty campaigns, and blingual education were all created.
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Began as an eight week summer program and later was introduced year round. Head Start served preschool children from low income families to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs
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Focused on the education of young children and advocated more freedom for students to pick their own activities and projects with less structure.
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A reaction to the special programs that had been created for particular groups and a concern for the ecomony. Reformers in this movement wanted all children be taught about the world of work and be trained with a marketable job skill that would be useful after graduation.
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"To provide educational assistance to all handicapped children, and for other purposes."
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From 1980's to today. Calls for clear, measurable standards for all students.
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Based each part of an educational system around goals or outcomes. By the end of the educational experience, each student should have achieved the goal.
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Voted in in 2001, took effect Jan. 8th, 2002.
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Every state had its own level of proficiency, not consistent across the United States. States begin adopting new standards.
