By: Crystal Pereira

 Students were in rooms of per classroom  Students who excelled would help teach kids of lower levels  Teachers got an annual pay of around $325  Being a teacher was not a job people respected very much  Kids weren’t separated by grade

 The American Federation of Teachers  The first national teachers’ union in the country  They were progressive because they challenged the way school was being run

 Teachers weren’t considered professionals to others  Teachers weren’t trained too well  Students were growing in numbers because of immigrants  Students who excelled were teaching lower levels

 Mr. Pruneda grew up not speaking English very well and went to school in America  He doesn’t believe that we should have Bilingual Education because people should learn to adapt to the environment and learn English.

THENNOW  kids per class  Teachers were not trained very well  Some of the people teacher were students themselves.  Standards were not set too high  Not a lot of schools existed  Different grade levels were all in one room  Didn’t have as much technology  Classrooms have better student-teacher ratios.  Teachers go through extensive training  We have more schools with better standards  We have levels for students (Grade levels: Elementary, High School)  We use more technology in our classes

 Web Sites:  American History - American Federation of Teachers. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar  Cultural History - Decade N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar  History of education in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar  Division of School Into Grades. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar  Images:  oadview_School_1900.jpg  /3-rTkMbdEUw/s400/HollandClassroom1900.jpg  er/1900%20school-class% jpg