[Editor’s Note: This is the 45th 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.] After the failure to establish separate vocational training schools for non-college-bound high school students, the battle for the future of American education … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Comprehensive High School)”
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A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Two New Rungs)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 44th in a series of blogs that examines how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] Following World War I, two additional rungs were added to the educational ladder: the junior high school and the junior (community) college. … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Two New Rungs)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Educational Ladder)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 43rd in a series of blogs that examines how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] The educational ladder represents the hierarchical rungs that served students from the time they first entered their years of formal schooling through the … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Educational Ladder)”
Guest Blog: Harness a New Level of Fulfillment with Educational Opportunities in Retirement
Retirement is a time of relaxation and reflection, but it can also be a time for reinvention and new beginnings. Many seniors are choosing to go back to school in retirement for a multitude of reasons, ranging from enhancing their knowledge base to pursuing a new career. If you’re considering going back to school in … Continue reading “Guest Blog: Harness a New Level of Fulfillment with Educational Opportunities in Retirement”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Great War: A Turning Point)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 42nd 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.] After the period of frustrated debate in the late 19th and early 20th centuries over the direction of the educational system in the … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Great War: A Turning Point)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Progressive Education: Curricular Differentiation)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 41st 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.] Curricular differentiation in high schools did a 180 on what the common schools had been trying to achieve, which was to provide … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Progressive Education: Curricular Differentiation)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Progressive Education: Vocational Education)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 40th 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 1906, the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education (NSPIE) was formed and became an influential voice in the progressive … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Progressive Education: Vocational Education)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (School Choice and Structure)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 39th 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.] As the 20th century began, the basic foundations and guidelines for public education had already been set, and the public embraced the … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (School Choice and Structure)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (A Time of Reform)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 38th 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 period of 1890-1920 was a time of upheaval in modern American society. Industrialization and urbanization continued to grow, bringing with them … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (A Time of Reform)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, Leadership in Transition (William T. Harris and Francis W. Parker)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 37th 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.] Education transitioned from the common school era to the modern, bureaucratic school system toward the end of the 19th century. This change … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, Leadership in Transition (William T. Harris and Francis W. Parker)”