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

From Stone Tablets & Aristotle, the Teacher

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

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

To One Room Schoolhouse

To Billion Dollar Business

18 th Century – Private Schooling

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Child Left Behind  George Bush Introduced The Educational Plan

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

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