[Editor’s Note: This is the 28th in a series of blogs that examine how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] Sometimes called “The Father of American Education,” Horace Mann was born in 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts. His formal schooling only lasted 8-10 … Continue reading “The History of Education: The American Educational System, Common School Period (Horace Mann)”
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The History of Education: The American Educational System, Early National Period (Dartmouth College/Yale Report of 1828)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 27th in a series of blogs that examine how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] During the Early National Period of American history, there were two landmark cases relating to higher education. The first was the Dartmouth … Continue reading “The History of Education: The American Educational System, Early National Period (Dartmouth College/Yale Report of 1828)”
The History of Education: The American Educational System, Early National Period (Educational Ordinances)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 26th in a series of blogs that examine how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] In the Colonial period, each of the individual colonies determined its own laws regarding formal education. The new country was a melting … Continue reading “The History of Education: The American Educational System, Early National Period (Educational Ordinances)”