The Multicultural History of American Education Part III

The article, "Certain Degenerative Tendencies among Teachers" explained why women

A Nation at Risk characterized American schools as

The Committee of Ten

This committee saw high schools as preparation of gifted students, who were typically

The English Classical School was

As secondary schools spread they generally became

With the teachers becoming predominately women there was a growing concern that they were

1983, the federal government's National Commission on Educational Excellence issued

Which state had the first free secondary school?

The Progressive Education Association - 8 Year Study - compd grads from progressive schools to

President T Roosevelt argued that so many white females became teachers, they were committing

The American high school served the dual purpose of college preparation as well as

The first junior high school was established in 1909, in

The court ruled in the Kalamazoo, Michigan Case

The 8-Year Study showed that students from progressive classrooms

The Committee's report, The Cardinal Principles of Education included (select all that apply)

Following this, school districts responded by

This was strongly emphasized in the junior high school curiculum

Its name was

As a progressive educator, Dewey brought into the school curriculum

The curricula of these schools varied widely with some focusing on college prep and others

By 1880 almost 10 million Americans were enrolled in elementary schools. But the gap between

Male teachers in the early 1900's carved out their own niches in school systems as

Progressive educators assumed that students learn best when their

Possibly the most influential educator of the 20th century was