Common School Movement History of Education Common School Movement Group Three Laura Wintrow Joey Finley Dylan Price BJ Brown
The Common School Movement. . . took place originally in the 1830’s in the northern and Midwestern states. Reformers like Horace Mann had wanted to make schooling more democratic, universal and non-sectarian Picture retrieved January 28, 2011 from PBS website at http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/photo_gallery/photo1.html
Horace Mann “Father of the public school” Helped create the Massachusetts State Board of Education founded and edited The Common School Journal Horace Mann picture retrieved February 01, 2011 from wikipedia website at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann.
Opposition against the Common School Businesses- losing child labor Taxpayers Competition with private and religious schools picture retrieved February 01, 2011 from america.gov website at http://www.america.gov/st/educ-english/2008/April/20080423212501eaifas0.8516133.html
Purposes of the common school movement Children picture retrieved February 01, 2011 from ECHS website at http://newsletter.ehcs.org/ Office workers picture retrieved February 01, 2011 from dreamstime website at http://www.dreamstime.com/images-stock-employ-eacutes-de-bureau-heureux-image15633904.
How did the Common School Movement effect education today? 2. Opened the schoolroom to women. Young students picture retrieved February 01, 2011 from http://yiewhucnop.ru/people/?YmV0dGVyYnVzaW5lc3NidWlsZGluZ2Jsb2Nrcy5jb20=. Teacher picture retrieved February 01, 2011 from 1. First move towards the freedom public schools have today 3. It led to the formalization of teacher training.
References Sadker, D. M., & Zittleman, K. (2008). Teachers, schools, and society: A brief introduction to education (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. Common School Era. Only a Teacher: Teaching Timeline. Retrieved January 28, 2011 from http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/timeline.html. Education books. Victory of the Common School Movement: A Turning point in American educational history. Retrieved February 01, 2011 from http://www.america.gov/st/educ-english/2008/April/20080423212501eaifas0.8516133.html.