How did the Common School Movement promote universal education?
Nineteenth-century leader Horace Mann fought for the establishment of the common school, today’s elementary school, and also for quality teacher education through normal schools. He believed that education should develop the talents of the poor as well as the wealthy. • What developments mark the educational history of Native Americans? In the early years, Native Americans (or Indians) have been attacked by disease and warfare, and almost annihilated. During the nineteenth century, schools were used to “civilize” them into Western ways, degrading their culture, beliefs, and languages. While most Native Americans are currently in public schools, some are educated in private schools or through schools run by the Bureau if Indian Affairs (BIA). • How did teaching become a “gendered” career? Although teaching was initially “gendered” male, the advent of the common school created a demand for a large number of inexpensive teachers, and women were recruited. Since the late nineteenth century
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