“Expanding Public Education” terms Booker T. Washington Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute W.E.B De Bois Niagara Movement
How was education viewed at the turn of the century? Before 1870, fewer than ½ of American children attended school By 1890, 90% literacy rate
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 ( ) Typical school day: Learned to:
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
Higher education By 1900, only 2.3% of Americans attended colleges/universities Changes made in colleges ( ) Curriculum: Admission:
Education for Immigrants: Americanization Movement: Parochial schools (1880) : first one set up Supported by church parish
Education for African Americans 1890: fewer than 1% attended high school 1910: about 3% attended high school : 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: