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Colonial Era
- Highly Heterogeneous
- Parochial
- Lack of government influence
- Emphasis on primary education
- Focus on morals
Common-School Era
- Government control over state schools
- “Free and open to all”
- Locally controlled
- Publicly supported
- Taught reading, writing, arithmetic, health, and civics
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Progressive Era
- Secondary Education developed
- Schools taught reading, writing, arithmetic, self-expression,
vocational skills
- Need to develop well-trained teachers
- Schools became child-centered
Conflicts of Today
- Relationship between religion and education
- Ways to separate students: By ability, class, gender
- Vocational schools vs. Academic schools
- Assessment
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