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=CLASS 14: History of American Education=

§ To analyze the historical events in the development of the American education system § To judge how these events have affected public and private schools today § To appraise the impact of federal and state mandates on education and teachers
 * Objectives:**


 * 1. **** Do Now: What do you think are the three events over the past 50 years that have most significantly shaped what American schools teach? **

a. What children bring to the classroom b. Incorporating Literacy Across the Curriculum
 * 2. ****Review of last week’s class **

a. **History of Public Schools ** i. [|http://www.learner.org/resources/series99.html?pop=yes&vodid=65229&pid=1109#] #3 b. **Reasons behind the CCCS** i. The Coleman Report 1966 1. [|http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0400web/18.html]
 * 3. ****Core Curriculum Content Standards and Frameworks **

ii. History—1983 A Nation at Risk 1. ** [] ** a. Read the following sections 1. Findings 2. A Nation at Risk 3. Findings 4. Recommendations

2. [] 3. A Nation at Risk at 25 a. @http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_viewpoints_nation_at_risk_25 iii. Back to Basics Movement 1. [|http://my.execpc.com/~presswis/workmom.html] a. E.D. Hirsch

a. Reasons why we need them i. [] ii. []
 * 4. ****Testing**

b. Lynn Cheney’s Critique of Whole Math i. []

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