American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

Description

In this course, you will:

• Exploring the history of education reform in the United States can reveal what influences how we talk about schools today. 
• Engage with the main players, crucial decisions, and significant turning points in history. Discover how social factors influence reform. 
• Learn how the essential tensions ingrained in US education policy and practice affect schools nationwide, globally, and where you live. 

Syllabus:

• The Colonial Period and Early Republic
• The National Period
• Postbellum Period
• The Progressive Era
• John Dewey and the Pedagogical Progressives
• The Depression Era
• Post-World War II
• Post-1983