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Education during this time.
During this time schooling was not available to all. The schooling that was around there would be one teacher who would teach all students and grades in a one room school house. This teach was also most likely unmarried. -
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The Rise of Universal Education
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Emma Willard
She opened the door for women and higher education. She opened the Tory Female Seminar, the first secondary school for students. -
Horace Mann
He was the nations leading advocate for common schools and normal school. He emphasized the use of practical subject that would be useful to children and adult society. -
Common Schools
Common school is known as public elementary school today. Was established with the help of Horace Mann. The common school was opened to all immigrant, small farmer, and urban laborers alike. -
Normal School
Normal school were established for teachers as a way to prepare them in pedagogy. Teachers were getting more training and becoming better prepared for life as a teacher. -
Compulsory Education Law
This law was passed in 1852 and it required every city and town to offer primary school to students. Massachusetts was the first state to enact this law. -
Kalamazoo, Michigan Case
This is the case that Michigan Supreme court ruled that taxes could be used to support secondary school and universities. This case set the precedent for other states. -
Booker T. Washington
He contributed to the vocational education of African Americans.
He founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama which focused on African Americans and their pursuit in agricultural. -
Resources
https://www.findlaw.com/education/education-options/compulsory-education-laws-background.html
https://www.kpl.gov/local-history/rural-schools/the-kalamazoo-school-case-supporting-high-school-education/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emma-Willard
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Mann
Teachers, School, and Society Author: Sadker & Zittleman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
Edition: 5th Edition