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he wanted to spread Christianity and turn all his people into fellow Christians. He wanted to counter the French and Spanish so he chose to convert the Native Americans.
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This was the first gateway into American education and religion was an integral part of their system. They were private schools and involved the same gender, same class education.
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Religion affected not only what was taught in the curriculum but how it was taught by the teachers. This influenced many older forms of education in mainly private schools. It was so important it was apart of the 4 R's.
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The law was designed to produce citizens who understood the Bible. It required every town of 50 or more households to hire a teacher of reading and writing. It also provided the idea that public education could contribute to the greater good of our country.
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An English philosopher who emphasized the importance of firsthand experiences in helping children learn about the world. He also proposed that each child’s mind was a blank slate that needed filling with experiences.
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This period formed education how it is today because it laid the foundation for public support of education and local control of schools, two principles shaping education in our country today. And the close relationship between religion and schooling, helps us understand why religion continues to be an important and contentious issue in our schools today.
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A Swiss philosopher who criticized basic educational practices that stifled students’ playfulness and natural curiosity and recommended that teachers use concrete experiences to help children learn.
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The federal government established a role for itself in public education.
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The original colonies were very religiously diverse, and because of this diversity, our country’s founders concluded that no religion should be placed above others. This led to the “establishment clause” of the First Amendment, which prohibited the government from passing legislation to establish any one official religion over another. This created the principle widely known as separation of church and state.
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It was an attempt to make education available to all children in the United States. Educators organized schools by grade level and standardized the curriculum and states improved teacher preparation.
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States created state education departments and appointed state superintendents of instruction. By the middle 1860s, 28 of 35 states had established state boards of education.
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Educators attempted to increase the attendance of underrepresented groups, such as the urban poor and freed slaves. For example, by 1865, 50% of American children were enrolled in public schools.
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States and local governments began to tax citizens directly to support public schools, and during the Common School Movement, tax-supported public elementary schools were firmly established as a cornerstone of our country’s educational system.
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An issue that remains from the common school movement and educational leaders continue to debate the question of what constitutes a well-qualified teacher. they argue that "alternative licensure, which allows people to become teachers more easily and quickly". And "the effort to increase teacher professionalism by making entry into teaching more intellectually rigorous".
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The inequitable education funding from state to state and district to district, both of which affect quality.
