The Evolution of the American School

By berivera
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    The Colonial Period

    The roots of the American Educational Systems were established

  • The Root

    The root of education established . the first education began with Jamestown colony; the first permanent English settlement in North America

  • Southern Colony

    formal education was a luxury reserved to those with money

  • Middle Colony

    created parochial schools due to religion being a central role in peoples lives in addition the three R's

  • New England Colony

    culturally and religioiusly which did the formation of common schools
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    The Early National Period

    The Constitution shapes the Educational System

  • The 10th Amendment

    Legislators removed control of education from federal government and gave it to the states

  • Establishment Clause

    the 1rst amendment prohibited the government from passing legislation to establish anyone official religion over another " Seperation of the church and state"

  • Land of Ordinance

    is a tax reserved to support the public education 'propery taxes"

  • The Constitution

    the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights in which it shaped the educational systm we teach today. it has 27 amendments and the first 10 are the Bill of Rights
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    The Common School Movement

    Made education available to common people

  • grade level

    educators organied schools by grade levels and standardied the curriculum

  • assimulation

    national and local leaders saw education as a vehicle for assimilating immigrants and improving national productivity

  • departments

    states created education departments and appointed state superintendents of instruction and improved teacher preparation

  • Horace Mann

    leader of eduation in the US his legacy that public education should be a right to all citizens (common school)
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    The Evolution

    education is a Necessity

  • commitee of ten

    a group composed of college proffesors and administrators to examine the high school curriculum and make recomendations

  • cardinal principle

    the cardinal principle of secondary education was to bradened the high chool curriculem to include basic skills with vocational education

  • comprehensive High school

    meets the needs of all students by housing them and providing a variety of curricular options geared towards different abilitys , levels, and intrest

  • NCLB

    no child left behind act-requires all states to develop a comprehensive accountability plan to ensure that all students acquire basic skills with primary emphasis