Timeline: The History of American Education

Theme 1. Purpose of

Education? 2. For Who? 3. Curriculum?

4. Teacher Philosophy?

5. Laws?

6. Technology? 7. Schedule?

8. Misc

Timeline: The History of American Education

Colonial Era (1620-1750)

Religion

White males

New England Primer

Post-Revolution (1750-1820)

Societal values (religion) and academic skills

(2Rs) White males and females (lower education only) Webster's English Language Book

Common Schools (1820-1865)

Educate mass public in academic skills (3Rs) and Societal values White males and females (lower education only)

McGuffey Reader: 6 Volumes for Virtues

Public Schools (1865-1965)

Prepare students to function in society through academic

skills White male/female

(other cultures assimilated) Dick and Jane

Readers

Today's Schools (1965-Present) Prepare students to function in society through academic skills

All races/genders

No Child Left Behind (3Rs)

Future Schools (In 50 years)

What will be the purpose of

education 50 years from now?

Who will schools be for?

What will we teach?

Perennialism Old Deluder Satan

Act

One room school house

Year round

Morse's Geography Made Easy Perennialism Essentialism

Perennialism Essentialism

Northwest Ordinance

1820 ? First public school

1822 ? Hawaiian alphabet

Blackboard invented 1809

1840 ? First public school in Hawaii ? Lahainaluna, (all in

Hawaiian lang) Blackboard used extensively (1820)

Year round

Year round

Educational system not mentioned in constitution

Normal Schools established, female teachers recruited

Standards Based

Progressivism Pragmaticism

1893-Overthrow of Hawaiian government

1896-Public schools ? English only

Existentialism Social Reconstructionism

Postmodernism Religion Laws

Equality Laws (Brown vs. BOE; Title IX

Disabilities Laws (IDEA, Section 504)

How will we teach?

What laws will we need?

Blackboard, TV

Summers off doctors thought school overtaxing and rural/urban

together 1883 First grade given, "B" Harvard Univ based on

0-100 points

Blackboard, TV, video, computer, internet,

whiteboard, podcasting, youtube

Flexible schedules, summers off, year round

1984 Punana Leo Hawaiian immersion

schools

What technology will we use?

What schedule will school follow?

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