Month: May 2023

[Editor’s Note: This is the 32nd 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 1852, Massachusetts enacted the Compulsory Attendance Act of 1852, the first general law attempting to control the education of the country’s … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, Common School Period (Compulsory Education)”

[Editor’s Note: This is the 31st 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.] The rapid industrialization of the new United States offered many opportunities, and that led to a wave of immigrants eager to take … Continue reading “The History of Education: The American Educational System, Common School Period (Catholic vs Protestant Education)”

[Editor’s Note: This is the 30th 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 1833, a small, Cincinnati, Ohio, publishing company called Truman and Smith became interested in the idea of publishing school texts. They … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, Common School Period (McGuffey Readers)”

[Editor’s Note: This is the 29th 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.] Mary Lyon is best known in educational circles as the founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary (now College), the first higher education institution … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, Common School Period (Mary Lyon)”