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“Expanding Public Education” terms Booker T. Washington Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute W.E.B De Bois Niagara Movement
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How was education viewed at the turn of the century? 1. 2. 3. Before 1870, fewer than ½ of American children attended school By 1890, 90% literacy rate
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Schools for Children (grade school) St. Louis: 1 st kindergarten (1873) Laws requiring students (8-14) to attend school at least 3 months out of the year (1865-1895) Typical school day: Learned to:
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Growth of high schools By 1870s: most cities had high schools 1878: 1898: 1900: As industries grew, we needed more educated people to run businesses Technical and management skills Subjects taught by 1900: Vocational services: McGuffey’s Eclectic reader
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Higher education By 1900, only 2.3% of Americans attended colleges/universities Changes made in colleges (1880-1920) Curriculum: Admission:
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Education for Immigrants: Americanization Movement: Parochial schools (1880) : first one set up Supported by church parish
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Education for African Americans 1890: fewer than 1% attended high school 1910: about 3% attended high school 1865-1868: Universities developed for African Americans Booker T. Washington: 1881: headed the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute W.E.B De Bois: 1895: 1 st African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard Niagara Movement: 1905:
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