Ch. 10 History of U.S. Education

Question 1

Periods in education (5)

Answer 1

1. Colonial Period (1600-1776)
2. Early National Period (1776-1840)
3. Common School Period (1840-1880)
4. Progressive Period (1880-1920)
5. Modern Period (1920-present)

Question 2

Colonial Period

Answer 2

1600-1776

The Puritan Influence
Latin Grammar School
Establishment of Harvard College
Hornbooks
New England Primer

Question 3

Early National Period

Answer 3

1776-1840

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Noah Webster (1758-1843)
Yale Report of 1828

Question 4

Common School Period

Answer 4

1840-1880

Common School
Horace Mann (1796-1859)
Henry Barnard (1811-1900)
Normal School
McGuffey Readers
Compulsory Education
Morrill Act of 1862
National Education Association (NEA)
Establishment of Kindergartens

Question 5

Progressive Period

Answer 5

1880-1920

Impact of Business and Industry on American Education
The Superintendent
The Principal
Division of Schools into grades
The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education
NEA Committee of Ten
American Federation of Teachers
Manual Training Movement

Question 6

Modern Period

Answer 6

1920-present

John Dewey (1859-1952)
Adult Education
Testing Movement
Sputnik
ESEA
A Nation at Risk
Goals 2000: The National Education Goals
No Child Left Behind of 2001
Race to the Top Fund-Recovery Act of 2011