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Girls were usually taught how to read but not how to write in early America
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The first schools in the 13 colonies opened in the 17th century. The Boston Latin School was the first publich school opened in the United States, in 1635. To this day, it remains the nation's oldest public school. https://www.americanboard.org/blog/11-facts-about-the-history-of-education-in-america/ -
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Early public schools in the United States did not focus on academics like math or reading. Instead they taught the virtues of family, religion, and community.
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By the mid-19th century, academics became the sole responsibility of public schools.
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In the South, public schools were not common during the 1600s and the early 1700s. Affluent families paid private tutors to educate their children.
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Public Schooling in the South was not widespread until the Reconstruction Era after the American Civil War.
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Common Schools emerged in the 18th Century. These schools educated students of all ages in one room with one teacher. Students did not attend these schools for free. Parents paid tuition, provided housing for the school teacher, or contributed other commodities in exchange for their children being allowed to attend the school.
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The idea of a progressive education, educating the child to reach his full potential and actively promoting and participating in a democratic society, began in the late 1800s and became widespread by the 1930s. John Dewey was the founder of this movement
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Through the 1960s, the United States has racially segregated system of schools. This was despite the 1954 Brown vs. Board Supreme Court ruling. By the late 1970s segregated schooling in the United States was eliminated.
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In 2001, the United States entered its current era of education accountability/reform with the institution of the No Child Left Behind Law.
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In the latest incarnation of the Monkey Trail, the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania rules in the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District that teaching intelligent design as an alternative evolution is a violation of the First Amendment.
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With the U.S. economy mired in the great recession and unemployment high, states have massive budget deficits. Many teachers face layoffs.
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President Obama joins the too-much-testing movement as his new plan calls for limiting standardized testing no more than 2% of class time.
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People use different words when talking about teaching and learning. Sometimes the same work will mean different things to different people, and sometimes different words will carry the same meaning.
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Americans tend to use the word evaluate to describe testing students to see if they have learned while others often use the word assess
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Learning can be formal or informal. We learn informally from what we experience day by day: things which happen to use make us change the way we think and act. We may not even be aware that we are learning, which may cause problems.
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People learn in different ways. Researchers have identifies different learning styles. Some people are receivers. they like to memorise what is given to them. This is a very common style, and it is reinforced by teachers who expect students to memories.
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Motivation is important for learning. What is it that makes people want to learn? They get satisfaction from the feeling that they are competent. People are also very strongly motivated by the hope that they will be rewarded.
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Learning continues throughout a person's lifetime. We all know that health workers should continue to learn throughout their careers, because new information about health is constantly becoming available.
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The teacher has to decide what students should learn. The students may take part in this decision, but all are guided by the same principle: it is the job that people have to do, that determines what they should learn.
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The teacher has to help the learners to learn. This does not mean that the teacher 'spoonfeeds' the students, as if they were babies. It does mean that the teacher's first concern should be that the student should learn as well as possible.
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The teacher has to make sure that the students have learned to assess them. Assessment helps teachers and students to see how well the students are progressing, so that they can attend to any weakness.
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