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Historical Perspectives in Education

From a One-Room Schoolhouse to A Multi-Billion Dollar Business. Historical Perspectives in Education. Created by Melissa Garrett. From Stone Tablets & Aristotle, the Teacher . Peripatetic Gatherings. No Set Curriculum No Student Requirements No Membership Fees.

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Historical Perspectives in Education

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  1. From a One-Room Schoolhouse to A Multi-Billion Dollar Business Historical Perspectives in Education Created by Melissa Garrett

  2. From Stone Tablets & Aristotle, the Teacher

  3. Peripatetic Gatherings • No Set Curriculum • No Student Requirements • No Membership Fees

  4. Walking About • Aristotle would walk around and teach about different scientific theories and philosophies.

  5. To One Room Schoolhouse

  6. To Billion Dollar Business

  7. 18th Century – Private Schooling

  8. 19th Century • Thomas Jefferson wasthe first American leader with the “idea of public schools”.His educational formula developed schools in the 19th century.

  9. School Ideas • Available to All • Government Control • No Religious Bias

  10. Horace Mann • Started the “Common School Journal” to raise public awareness of educational issues.

  11. Compulsory School Attendance Laws • 1852 passed in Massachusetts • 1918 all states followed laws

  12. School Goals • Create Good Citizens • Prevent Crime • Prevent Poverty

  13. Progressive Education • Came about in the 1920’s & 1930’s

  14. STATE AUTHORITY • Each state has a Department of Education • Laws for Public School Financing • School Personnel • Attendance • Curriculum

  15. LOCAL AUTHORITY • Oversee Local Budgets • Oversee Local Tax Collection • Instill Community Values • Health & Safety

  16. A Nation At Risk • 1983 • Reform Strategies to Address Issues ofLow Performance by American School Children

  17. No Child Left Behind • George Bush Introduced The Educational Plan

  18. No Child Left Behind Act • Federal Funding for Schools • Standards-Based Education Reform • Assessments (Standardized Tests) • “Highly Qualified” Teachers

  19. Resources • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/PledgeOfAllegiance1899.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle • http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001-11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html • http://www.archive.org/details/commonschooljou00manngoog • http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0234 • http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001-11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html

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