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Education in the Colonial Period
Larger cities were required to build schools -
Textbooks
Eliminate British textbooks with American textbooks -
Common Schools
Common body of knowledge-no distinction of rich and poor-same lesson throughout the state -
Bishop Hughes
Bishop Hughes-there were some people of different religions that didn't feel include. -
Sarah Roberts
First legal case about integration. Sarah's father noticed that the schools where the African American children were going to weren't the best schools they could go to. So he took the case to the court. -
Government Requirement
The government made a law that said that there wasn't going to be anymore segregation in schools -
Progressive Reform Movement
Too many Americans were spending their childhood in factories. So they made the Progressive Reform Movement so that students weren't allowed to work in factories anymore.
This movement is important because now kids don't need to be working in factories, they can be getting an education. -
Gary Plan
Work, study, play. Each student would move from one class to the next. The students at the school would also help run the school. It also has students take different classes like health, shop, etc.
I think that the Gary Plan is very important for us today, especially in high school and junior high, because now students use this set up. It also gives students the opportunity to try new things and explore. -
Impact of John Dewey
Father of progressive education. He said that students should learn by doing.
In our classrooms today, we use many hands on learning strategies and it even helps students learn better. -
Stats for 1950
African American Segregation Law: 17 States
Average Schooling for Mexican-Americans: 5.4 Years
Disables students not enrolled: 72% -
Brown VS Board of Education
Court case ruled that segregated schools were illegal.
We don't have to worry about school being segregated and having students of different races be segregated. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Provides money for disadvantaged children -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
Gets students with a disability the resources they need to finish school. -
The Standards Movement
Clear, measurable standards for all schools -
No Child Left Behind
Title 1 advantages for low income students.
I have worked at a Title 1 school, and I have seen the difference that it makes in the lives of those students who are in low income families.