History of US Education after the Civil War

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History of US Education after the Civil War
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Four Areas of Discussion

• John Dewey and Charles Eliot and the Progressive
  Movement
• IQ Tests/Discrimination
• Immigrant and Minority Education
• The Modern Era (after WW II)

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Recap Pre Civil War

• Colonial Schools (through 1700s)
• Common School Movement (1770-1890)
• Industrialism/Westward Movement (1800s)
• Reforms in the early 1900s
• The Progressive Movement (1920s-1940s)
• The Modern Era (after WW II)

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• The Progressive Era 1920-1940

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John Dewey (1859-1952)
Developmental Democracy
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Charles William Eliot (1834-1926)
Social Efficiency
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Part II IQ Tests
Louis Terman 1920s
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1950s Postwar Baby Boom
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May 17, 1954
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NDEA Actof 1958
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Title IX 1972
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• IDEA Law
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• 1997