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1500s-1800s, and especially in the early colonial period, education was more of a religious indoctrination experience for boys and young men. 1550s Colonial education focused on obedience and church. Throughout the years the Protestant take over was very prevalent in the country's educational system. Schooling was also used as a means to instill a sense of obedience and lawfulness within its pupils. -
1620s colonist education was church twice daily. Church was a part of the schooling experience for hundreds of years and it’s main purpose was to teach young children to obey the laws of the country and to encourage obedience to the laws and to God. It wasn’t until later that reading and writing schools became more popular. -
In 1639, Harvard was also true of the College of William and Mary, established by the Royal Charter in Virginia to ensure a steady supply of Anglican clergymen. This brought Yale and Princeton were established to serve religious purposes but in a spirit of denominational rivalry which involved Harvard. The significance of Harvard College is that it is still here today and one of the top colleges. -
In the 1670's private schools were run by a board of trustees and when this was made public people wanted for the public to control the schools that were theirs. The significance of this is today this is still how schools are run private schools are run by a board of trustees. -
In 1701 Yale was established in reaction to Harvard. The significance of Yale is due to Harvard without Harvard we would have no Yale. It started with Harvard and Yale followed and still competes for students to choose which college and the acceptance of getting into which is also competitive. -
In 1746 Princeton was established through the support given by one branch of the Presbyterian church that had been affected by the religious Great Awakening. The significance of this is because a college got support from a church Baptists established the College of Rhode Island (later Brown University). -
In 1764; the Dutch Reformed church established Queen’s College (later Rutgers University) gleaned by Princeton by how the church supported. This was possible because of the church support from Princeton then Brown University and gaining this idea to help support through religion. -
In 1766 the Congregationalists founded Dartmouth. The significance of Dartmouth College is the college competes with Rutgers, Princeton, Yale, and Harvard. -
In 1769; and King George III appealed for funds for the founding of what would later become the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. This is significant because without King George III funds the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University would not exist. -
In 1769; and King George III appealed for funds for the founding of what would later become the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. This is significant because without King George III funds the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University would not exist. -
In 1787, African American’s in Boston petitioned the legislature for schools because they “now receive no benefit from the free school,” this required Pennsylvania and Ohio to build separate schools for African Americans (135). Some protested having their white children with black children and this resulted in segregated schools. Some also believed African Americans shouldn't get any education.
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The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 allowed the president to “employ capable persons of good moral character, to instruct them [indians] in the mode of agriculture suited to their situation; and for teaching their children in reading, writing, and arithmetic.” This act changed the Native American tribes and was used as a way to “civilize” them. This changed their culture and created “progressive” and “traditionalists” within their tribes. -
the African American community realized that a segregated education was resulting in an inferior education for their children. The school committee was also electing inferior teachers to the black schools while giving the best teachers to the white schools. This sparked outrage because they paid the same taxes to support white schools and deserved equal support. -
Horace Mann was educated at Brown University and in 1823 was admitted to the bar. He served in the Massachusetts State legislature between the years of 1827 and 1833 where concerns with reforming society made him instrumental in enacting laws limiting negative behavior like drinking and establishing hospitals for the mentally ill and creating the Massachusetts State Board of Education. -
The political impact and social composition of workingmen’s parties between 1827 and 1835 have been debated, there has been no dispute about the importance of education and political campaigns of the characteristics of the ideology of common school reformers, particularly a general demand for free common public schooling to serve political and economical purposes. -
Governor William Seward was elected in 1838 in New York. -
By 1840, 80 to 100 percent of both Whigs and Democrats adhere to the point of view of their party. -
Manns hopes and dreams for the common school were written in reports he wrote as secretary. The most important was the Twelfth Annual Report written in 1848. This report was a summary of his ideas on the purposes of the common school. The Twelfth Annual Report talked about how society could be rid of all the evil actions it does. -
Segregation in Massachusetts was resolved when the governor signed a law that made it so no child was denied admission to public school based on race or religious opinions. This was a significant moment in history because it was the start of a shift in thought to be more inclusive towards different races and religions. -
In the 20th-century schools became more evangelical and protestant. Students were taught to read and write but the purpose was to teach them these things so they could obey laws.
This is important because our country has been full of indoctrination in schools for centuries and so it is necessary to learn how that started. -
Despite its early beginnings, the high school did not become a mass institution until the 1920s and 1930s. Henry Barnard provided a vague almost meaningless definition in 1838 of what a Public or Common High School is intended to be -
1954 Supreme Court ruled that racially segregated schools were unconstitutional. This was a significant moment in history because it was a huge step toward removing both racism and segregation. While people would still have to deal with racism in the now unsegregated schools, it would give children a chance to see that other races are the same as them.
