EDUC247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Asian Americans, School Choice, Progressive Education
6 Sep 2016
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Reading questions for school: the story of american public education. What changes in early to mid 19th century america help explain the drive to create the. The growth of cities and increase in the number of immigrants. Moved into a public sphere making it amendable to public policy. State regulated school systems (common only in the u. s. ) No sectarianism (the idea that schools are separated/ segregated by religion in this case: we should use the religious ideas that are common and all use the same prayers. Other countries have more highly standardized national school systems, so the u. s. was uncommon for having states regulate the schools. In the early years black children going to school with white children. Children went to school for eight years and then would go to help support their families. The gary curriculum- included subjects like hygiene, health, mechanics, taking care of animals, etc. (p. 89- 90)
