american ed

colonial era

strong ties to English culture, secular life is connected to religious life, mainly boys, “children were spawns of the devil”

colonial era schooling

dame schools and latin grammar schools

puritan view on society

children are corrupt and sinful

massachusetts act of 1642

school was no longer voluntary

reason for education (colonial era)

religious instruction leading to salvation

revolutionary era

increase in books, curriculum shifted to agriculture, shifted to the belief that humans could be shaped through education

revolutionary period people of influence

Benjamin franklin, Sarah pierce, noah webster, Thomas jefferson, anthony benzet

revolutionary era reason for education

beyond religious purposes, important for society, instruction for business and commerce

common schools

focused on making public elementary schools available to students

the normal school

prepares teachers to teach

compulsory education

focused on making school mandatory o

committee of ten

high school curriculum

committee of fifteen

elementary school curriculum

progressive era purpose

moving education away from the needs of society to the needs of the individual

modern postwar era

national defense education act, new science programs, and new social studies programs

modern postwar era diversity

separate but equal