Women often ran these colonial schools in their homes.
What are Dame Schools
This 19th-century reformer supported tax-funded common schools. Father of Common Schools
Who is Horace Mann

This movement expanded publicly supported schools.
What is the Common School Movement
This means separating students by race.
What is Segregation
Horace Mann supported this type of publicly funded school.
What are Common Schools
These schools were created to train teachers.
What are Normal Schools
Philosopher and education reformer associated with progressive education and the concept of “learning by doing.”
Who is John Dewey
This movement focused on active learning.
What is Progressive Education
This phrase was used to justify racial segregation.
What is “Separate but Equal”
Eudcation was local, inconsistent, and unequal
(Dame Schools, apprenticeships)
What is Colonial Education
These laws required children to attend school.
What is Compulsory Education
This man created popular school readers in the 19th century
Who/What is William Homes McGuffey/ McGuffey Readers

This type of education prepared students for jobs and trades.
What is Vocational Education
This 1954 case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Industrialization increased the need for this job-focused education.
What is Vocational Education
This means encouraging immigrants to adopt the dominant culture.
What is assimilation
Promoted women's involvement in teaching and helped advance the idea that woman becoming teachers
Who is Catharine Beecher

This movement taught immigrants American language and customs.
What is Americanization
This means ending racial separation in schools.
What is Desegregation
Brown v. Board helped lead to this process in public schools.
What is Desegregation
These 19th-century books taught reading, morals, and values.
What are McGuffey Readers
This person was the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education.
Who is Horace Mann
This era challenged racial segregation in schools.
What is Civil Rights Era
This 1965 law expanded federal involvement in K–12 education.
What is the ESEA?
(Elementary and Secondary Education Act)
This means students have fair access to teachers, programs, resources, and opportunities.
What is Equal Educational Opportunity?