1. From a One-Room Schoolhouse to A Multi-Billion Dollar Business Created by Melissa Garrett

2. From Stone Tablets & Aristotle, the Teacher

3. Peripatetic Gatherings  No Set Curriculum  No Student Requirements  No Membership Fees

4. Walking About  Aristotle would walk around and teach about different scientific theories and philosophies.

5. To One Room Schoolhouse

6. To Billion Dollar Business

7. 18 th Century – Private Schooling

8. 19 th Century  Thomas Jefferson was the first American leader with the “idea of public schools”. His educational formula developed schools in the 19 th century.

9. School Ideas  Available to All  Government Control  No Religious Bias

10. Horace Mann  Started the “Common School Journal” to raise public awareness of educational issues. 

11. Compulsory School Attendance Laws  1852 passed in Massachusetts  1918 all states followed laws

12. School Goals  Create Good Citizens  Prevent Crime  Prevent Poverty

13. Progressive Education  Came about in the 1920’s & 1930’s

14. STATE AUTHORITY  Each state has a Department of Education  Laws for Public School Financing  School Personnel  Attendance  Curriculum

15. LOCAL AUTHORITY  Oversee Local Budgets  Oversee Local Tax Collection  Instill Community Values  Health & Safety

16. A Nation At Risk  1983  Reform Strategies to Address Issues of Low Performance by American School Children

17. No Child Left Behind  George Bush Introduced The Educational Plan

18. No Child Left Behind Act  Federal Funding for Schools  Standards-Based Education Reform  Assessments (Standardized Tests)  “Highly Qualified” Teachers

19. Resources  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/PledgeOfAllegiance1 899.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/PledgeOfAllegiance1 899.jpg  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle  http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001- 11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001- 11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html  http://www.archive.org/details/commonschooljou00manngoog http://www.archive.org/details/commonschooljou00manngoog  http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0234 http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0234  http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001- 11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/2001- 11/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html