American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

This module explores education in Colonial America, factors influencing literacy, early educational institutions, and post-Revolution visions of public schools.

This module covers the market economy's impact on education, the common school movement, religious conflicts in education, and the suppression of black literacy in the antebellum South.

This module examines post-Civil War education expansion, educational gains and limitations for blacks, industrial education models, Jim Crow schooling, and the early American high school.

This module explores the Progressive movement's impact on education, urban school reforms, intelligence testing, social efficiency schooling, and debates on African American education.

This module focuses on John Dewey's educational philosophy, his Laboratory School, and the impact of pedagogical progressives on his theories.

This module examines education during the Great Depression, including New Deal programs, social reconstruction in schools, and community-centered education models.

This module covers Cold War impacts on education, curriculum reforms, civil rights in education, school desegregation, and gender equality in education.

This module addresses recent education reforms, including school choice, federal accountability measures, No Child Left Behind, charter schools, and teacher education reforms.