History of Education

Parents taught basic reading and arithmetic skills

and practical learning for life and work

• American Colonial Period ... 1600-1776

• American Early National Period ... 1776-1840

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

In rural areas, one teacher taught all grades in a schoolhouse

• American Colonial Period ... 1600-1776

• American Early National Period ... 1776-1840

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation of schools was unconstitutional

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

• 1940s and 1950s

• 1960s

Project Head Start was designed to help preschool children from low-income families

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

• 1940s and 1950s

• 1960s

Neighborhood schools tended to be divided by race

• 1940s and 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970's

• 1980s

Since teachers were role models, they were not allowed to drink, smoke, date, or marry.

• American Colonial Period ... 1600-1776

• American Early National Period ... 1776-1840

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

A Nation at Risk, a federal report, showed that the U.S. was falling behind other countries in business, science, and technology

• 1940s and 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970's

• 1980s

Since textbooks were too expensive, hornbooks were used.

• American Colonial Period ... 1600-1776

• American Early National Period ... 1776-1840

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

Benjamin Franklin began the first public library to share his love of reading.

• American Colonial Period ... 1600-1776

• American Early National Period ... 1776-1840

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921

Horace Mann began the first public state-supported schools.

• American Colonial Period ... 1600-1776

• American Early National Period ... 1776-1840

• American Common School Period ... 1840-1880

• American Progressive Period ... 1880-1921