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
18th Century – Private Schooling
19th Century
 Thomas Jefferson was
the first American leader
with the “idea of public schools”.
His educational formula
developed schools
in the 19th 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.
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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
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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
Resources
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/PledgeOfAllegiance1
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripatetic_school
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
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http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/200111/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html
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http://www.archive.org/details/commonschooljou00manngoog
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http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0234
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http://www.servintfree.net/~aidmn-ejournal/publications/200111/PublicEducationInTheUnitedStates.html