History of Education in America

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Do you know the history of American education?

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The Colonial period (1607 – 1775)

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The Three Groups of Colonies

> Southern

> Middle

> New England

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The Southern Colonies

> Maryland, Virginia, The Carolinas and Georgia

> Agriculture

> Public schools did not exist

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The Middle Colonies

> New York, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania

> Very diverse

> Many religious groups

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The New England Colonies

> Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire

> Puritans

> Common schools

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Teaching the Colonial Schools

> 4 R’s

• Reading
• Writing
• Arithmetic
• Religion

> Teachers were underpaid and undervalued

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Influential Leaders

> John Amos Comenius

> John Locke

> Jean-Jacques Rousseau

> Johann Pestalozzi

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Early National Period (1776-1820)

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U.S. Constitution

> Separation of church and state

> Establishment of a national educational system

> Funding of public education