The Common School Movement used tax money to run public schools for white children of all gender and social status. Economic Ideologies based off of Mann’s Common School Movement: Horace Mann b... Read More

Keeping a Political Balance: One goal of the Common School Movement was to keep a balance in politics between Democrats and Republicans. However, there was some controversy that the public school sys... Read More

Social Concerns:  The 1920s was all about a time of social rebellion. An icon of this time period for women were flappers, however, society wanted teachers to be a conservative role model for student... Read More

Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965 The ESEA addresses social needs and the war on poverty brought on by President Lyndon Johnson. The goal of the ESEA was to redistribute funding to sch... Read More

Sputnik During the Cold War Russia launched it’s first successful artificial satellite, known as Sputnik. This launch during the Cold War created a sense of panic for the United States and was t... Read More

Why did the U.S. need public Schools? Rising amounts of immigrants coming into the U.S. meant more children in need of an education. However, most immigrants had little to no money upon their travels ... Read More

Define “School” “Before the 1830s, education was largely an “informal, local affair,” in which Catholic, Protestant, and other schools competed for pupils. Often local go... Read More

Fundamental Right..? According to the United State’s four page, 1789 Constitution there is NO mention of federal regulation of education. It wasn’t until 1791 that the Tenth Amendment was ... Read More

1917-1945 (Between World Wars) During the years between the first and second World Wars high schools became more prevalent. The war impacted schools because the government wanted them designed to meet... Read More

Committee of Ten The Committee of Ten was created in 1892 to create a better curriculum and standards for American public schools under the mission of preparing student in high school for college/univ... Read More