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an apprentice is someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping someone in that trade.
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Dame schools also existed in the colonies.Students were thought by women in their own homes.
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A horn book was a flat wooden board with a handle.A sheet of paper usually containing the alphabet a prayer or two and roman numerals was pasted on the board 6-2.
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the first public state-supported schools were called common schools giving the same education to people from different levels of society.
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one key innovation was the establishment of teacher training schools called normal schools.
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this was the beginning of the McGuffey readers a series of books that were used in schools across the country.
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members of this reform movement called themselves progressives.
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the educational program maria Montessori developed is known today as the Montessori method.
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career and technical education prepared and still prepares students for the many career opportunities in specific trades and occupations where skilled workers were needed.
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more people had disposable income money spend on things they wanted not just needed.
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quotas government limits were set on the number of immigrants allowed in the country.
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the result was a surge in the birth rate over the next years this is often known as the baby boom.
