Question+2+meeting+the+needs+of+students

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 * Question 2 – Educators in the early 20th century often claimed they were meeting the needs of students. Did they? Did they do a better job of this in earlier times? **

Did not really deal with this issue...schools were not viewed as avenues of social progress rather they seemed to exist soley to maintain the status quo. Outside influences were looked down upon, but simply to preserve religion, I do not thonk this was necessarily out of frustration or lack in ability to meet students needs...I am not sure they though about it that way.

Its kind of a jump but we moved quickly to the revolutionary period....success determined how long one could\would stay in school....rich tended to stay in school...some poor never attended....did not level social classes...some smart middle class moved on, but the American "blue bloods" were able to maintain social status through the school system. Defenitly doing very little to address to meet the needs of struggling students...seemed to kinda model a Darwinistic philosophy.

Early 19th Century a lot of conflict existed between professors and students....I think he even talked about a professor that was killed in Virginia (not likely meeting needs of students...during this period the grading system developed (but not to enhance scholarship)...school was to maintain social order...if school is not seeing the purpose of school we can view it as a period that lacked in meeting needs of students....

(I might post more later...but I am thinking a comparison between them and the next generations-"one best system" and "Administrative Progressives" would yield only mild improvement in this area.

Tyack:

Other readings: Mayer Rice, Joseph. The Public School System in the United States. (1893). pp. 176-183

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