History of American EducationHistory of American Education

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The Grand Markers of perspective over the Centuries

The Grand Markers of perspective over the Centuries

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Seventeenth CenturySeventeenth Century

private educationreligious and secularHarvard, the first higher educationthe first mandated public educationthe first American (non-native) textbookNew England Primer (100 years w/o revision) - 1690

private educationreligious and secularHarvard, the first higher educationthe first mandated public educationthe first American (non-native) textbookNew England Primer (100 years w/o revision) - 1690

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Eighteenth CenturyEighteenth Century

hints of standardization (Noah Webster’s American Spelling Book: the Blue-backed speller, appeared in 1783)

private secondary education

major influence of religion on education continues

a national policy requiring land for educational purposes (Northwest Ordinance Acts)

hints of standardization (Noah Webster’s American Spelling Book: the Blue-backed speller, appeared in 1783)

private secondary education

major influence of religion on education continues

a national policy requiring land for educational purposes (Northwest Ordinance Acts)

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Nineteenth CenturyNineteenth Century

first public high school

public high schools are required

teacher training schools established

kindergartens

public land grant colleges

first public high school

public high schools are required

teacher training schools established

kindergartens

public land grant colleges

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Twentieth CenturyTwentieth Century

discovery of the child

first public junior college

funds for education of the poor (New Deal)

discovery of the child

first public junior college

funds for education of the poor (New Deal)

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Twentieth Century (Post World War II)

Twentieth Century (Post World War II)

GI Bill and vast expansion of higher education

National Defense Education Act to improve the sciences

Job Corps

alternative education

GI Bill and vast expansion of higher education

National Defense Education Act to improve the sciences

Job Corps

alternative education

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Twentieth Century (Post World War II) (cont.)

Twentieth Century (Post World War II) (cont.)

Federal aid to public schools

education for all (94-142)

attempts to legislate quality

endless reform

Federal aid to public schools

education for all (94-142)

attempts to legislate quality

endless reform

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Using the History of Education to study the future

Using the History of Education to study the future

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