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In the Colonial Period, Puritans wanted to purify and separate themselves from The Church of England
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Common Schools were created in each town so children would have a place to go to school. All ages in one building with one teacher.
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He thought public education was important for democracy to grow. He wanted all Americans to be educated. He drafted a prposal in 1773 that would guarantee 3 years of school for all children. It did not pass.
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We've all heard of Webster's Dictionary! Webster wanted to get rid of all English textbooks and just have American books. He wanted students to learn about OUR American History. He developed books that would show students how to pronounce words.
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Horace Mann was a great crusader for public eductaion. He would travel around to the schools to see what was being taught and make notes of what condition the schools were in. He wanted public schools to be great.
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Monitorial and Charity Schools were schools everyone could go to. They were usually in poor urban areas. They would have a teacher at the front and then send the instruction down the lines through monitors.
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Famous female tacher who made teaching a respected profession for American women. Beecher saw teaching for women as she saw medicine and law for men.
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He is known as the FATHER OF PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION. He had great ideas! He wanted school to be for the WHOLE child. He wanted them to learn by doing. He thought education should result in the student learning how to do a job.
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The schools were flooded with new students arriving daily.
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The supreme court ruled that having separate schools for black and white children was unconstiutional. The schools were NOT equal. This is one of my favorite pictures documenting the hisoric event.
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Russia launches the first sattelite into orbit.
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<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oodolEmUg2g' >LITTLE ROCK NINE Black and white kids now go to school together. There seems to be so much pressure on the black kids to make all the effort. This video shows first hand how it was for the black students.
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Equal education for all students.
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Setting of academic standards, also known as education reform. Calls for clear, measurable standards for all students and schools.
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Supports standards based education reform. Hoping that iplementing new standards can improve individual outcomes in education.
