[Editor’s Note: This is the final blog in a series that examines how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] We’ve spent the last year with this series looking at how the American educational system developed from prehistoric times through the reforms of the … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, In Summation”
History of Education: The Purpose of Education (A Reflection)
Education is a means of shaping an individual’s life, whether in the classroom or outside of it. It imparts historical, societal, and cultural knowledge, as well as critical thinking skills, and, often, an improved ability to approach unfamiliar situations and subjects rationally and with an open mind. Throughout history, scholars and philosophers have debated the … Continue reading “History of Education: The Purpose of Education (A Reflection)”
A History of Education: European Influences on the American Educational System (Universities and the Middle Ages)
[Editor’s Note: This blog is a supplement to the 13th 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 “university” as an institution was established in Europe during the Middle Ages, and in the 1100s, they broke into … Continue reading “A History of Education: European Influences on the American Educational System (Universities and the Middle Ages)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Progressive Education: Centralization)
[Editor’s Note: This blog is a supplement to blog 40 of this series that examines how education developed throughout history until the present. Links to previous blogs are included at the bottom of the post.] Progressive educators from 1890-1920, according to historian David Tyack, were divided into two large categories: administrative progressives and pedagogical progressives. This isn’t … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (Progressive Education: Centralization)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Comprehensive High School: New Subjects)
[Editor’s Note: This is the 46th 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.] Along with the modification of traditional subjects, the comprehensive high schools of the 1920s also began to offer new courses. One of … Continue reading “A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Comprehensive High School: New Subjects)”
A History of Education: The American Educational System, 20th Century (The Comprehensive High School)
[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)”
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)”