All+readings

List of readings from class

By date of class - some notes added

Is it important to note if the source is a primary or a secondary source? In the midterm question sheet one thing Lowe mentions is "D. Did you understand the sources?" Any thoughts? I added all my notes that I took during class. Hope you find them a little helpful. They are in docx, if anyone needs them in doc, let me know.~ Pamela

Thinking about Educational History: Views of Schooling Ellwood Cubberley, “The Battle for Free State Schools,” in //Public Education in the United States// (1919). 2 Political Cartoons - One from Tyack (School Board perspective) and one of “layers of schooling” (1969) ** 9/8/10 **  The Colonial and Early National Eras: Puritan Education Laws – Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol II, 1642-1649… Thomas Jefferson – 2 excerpts from the “Charter of the University of Virginia”, 1819 and to James Madison on the selection of faculty, 1817 “The Declaration of Independence,” “Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” Comments on academic freedom at the University of Virginia – From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia website, Excerpt on race from //Notes on the State of Virgini//a- Jefferson’s notes, 1853. Cartoon/Illustration “A Dame School”. Cubberly – 1919. Article from New York Times, May 6, 2010: “Marquette Rescinds Offer to Sociologist”. Sam Dillon Class, Community, Religion, and the Creation of Common Schools: Tyack, pp. 3-27; Data from Michael Katz, //The Irony of Early School Reform// (1968) – Abolition of Beverly High, discussion about wealth, class and position; Conflict over parish schools, Walch, pp. 37- 66.
 * 9/1/10 **
 * 9/15/10 **

Terms of Inclusion in Public Schools: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Bureaucratization: Tyack, Part II and Tyack Part III Data on teaching and gender- What was this? David Tyack and Robert Lowe, “The Constitutional Moment: Reconstruction and Black Education in the South,” //American Journal of Education// (February 1986): 236-256  Readings on teaching German in St. Louis and Milwaukee; “Twenty-First Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools for the year ending August 1, 1875. School Board debate about the teaching of German in public schools. Debate between Germans, Protestants, and Irish on school board (Germans won!). Terms of Inclusion II Textbook Representations: Tyack, Part IV Readings from 19th Century textbooks, McGuffy – 1896 Culture, Class, and Teaching Tyack, Part V Excerpts from Sara O’Brien, //English for Foreigners// (1900) – Discussion on how immigrants were viewed. Oregon Compulsory Education Act (1922) – Pierce V. Society of Sisters. Engineered by the KKK. Wanted Common School for All. Margaret Haley, “Why Teachers Should Organize” (1904). Speech given by Haley to NEA St. Louis 1904. Haley was for teacher organizing and had good ideas. Most ideas were not for the sake of the students. Data on Equal Pay for Women Teachers. Most of discussion came from left side of room. As Patrick stated the obvious – men made more money. Males in city made most money. Joseph Mayer Rice on reading instruction, //The Public School System of the United States// (1893) –Article about observations of absurd way of teaching reading. What was discussion about for this article? Data table on “Number of Children of Italian Born Fathers in Schools of Twenty Four Cities in 1908”, Howard Ralph Weisz (?). No discussion on this data table. 
 * 9/22/2010 **
 * 9/29/10 **
 * 10/06/2010 **