LED going public and hist American edu

                   1900-1950s  PROGRESSIVE        By the time of the early 1 900s the United States was moving into more of an urbanized way of living. While public schools were spreading across the country, there was a peak flood of immigrants from all over the globe. Public schooling “was the place where the American dream was nurtured and the future itself took shape.” (Benard et al.2001) . By the time of the mid 1900s more than 3 million children w ere enrolled in public elementary, with 80% of teenagers were enroll into high schools. Schools at first were not the best places to be in, they were labeled dangerous , cold, and crowded . John Dewey was the first to campaign for progressive education.                  It was John Dewey that believed in learning socially , physically, intelligently , and emotional ly to build a child . A...

  Together but Divided      Education is an important part of today's America and the survival of a democracy. To understand how American education has developed into what it is today you have to go back. In the early 1700s only the wealthy  had the opportunity to go to public schools to obtain the skills and literacy at the serious level as they were substantial in the continuation of the citizens and workers of America. While in the much lower incomes there was “charity school’’ available that was paid by the local dollars of the community sometime in exchange for crops from the farm. The downside was that the schools were taught their way; the teachers only mainly taught religion, writing, and reading. Something that later became controversial.  It wasn’t until Thomas Jefferson decided that public schooling should be open for equal opportunity. Jefferson's idea of ​​creating an education was ridiculed when it came to farmers wanting to achieve higher ed...

  Hello everyone, My name is Lamya Young, a current senior at New Jersey City University. As well as being a full-time student I am also a student athlete for the track and field team. I am academically studying and majoring in biology as I am mainly interested in the human body and the way it works. However when I first attended NJCU for my first semester I was undecided for I was completely lost and confused on how I wanted to expand my education. Growing up I struggled with reading and writing. I was behind and frustrated because I couldn’t read chapter books like the rest of my class. My mom saw my struggle and gave my brother and I extra academic assignments to do such as flashcards with words and definitions, quizzes, and book summary assignments. Long nights were spent at the kitchen table and television was not just something I could do randomly, it was now a reward. Then every so often my mother would quiz my brother and I on our progress to make sure we were retaining the...