Public Education Addie Bihm Skylar Moss
Effects Industrialization and rise of factory system Spread of merchant capitalism Expansion and economic influence of banks and insurance Transportation Population growth Westward migration
Overall Education Objectives of these schools were very poor “…lacked adequate supplies, paid teachers poorly, were unclean and lacked discipline” (Education 1) Prepare women for life Prepare men for work Business skills vs. trade/industrial skills http://www2.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/17841865/history/educate.htm
Education of White Boys and Girls “Education was not a primary focus of Americans within the antebellum period” (1). “Most Americans, apparently, found that the schools, despite their manifest inefficiencies and problems, met their own, and by implication, their country’s, educational needs satisfactory” (1). District schools, academies, and colleges http://www2.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/17841865/history/educate.htm
Teachers 4 classifications of teachers after schools had come under the care of the state: preachers, young college graduates, indentured servants, and men and women who dedicated their lives to teaching for many years. http://www2.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/17841865/history/educate.htm
Education of Native Americans Until 1793 under control of missionaries Indian Civilization Act Removal act of 1830-Trail of Tears Reestablishment of schools in 1841/1842 No influence on young Native Americans http://www2.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/17841865/history/educate.htm
Common School Movement Henry Barnard and Horace Mann Pushed for public education of all elementary-age white children Establish a system of publicly supported elementary and secondary schools http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
Changes 94% of the North and 83% of the white in South could read 1830 35% 1850 50.4% Development of mass teaching materials Increase in the number of female teachers Rise of academies Increase of colleges and college-educated students 90% literacy rate in 1860 http://movementsinamerica9.wikifoundry.com/page/School+and+Education+Reform?t=anon
2014 Education 99% literacy rate 5.7% in higher education 21.3% attended college Many more choices now
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