1)
Briefly describe the major distinctions between VA(where efforts to provide public schooling had failed) and
the urban centers of NE that made it possible to realize the common
School?
2)
What 4 areas of schooling did Horace Mann greatly
improve? How?
3)
Horace Mann saw the common school as the “Great Equalizer.” Do you agree or disagree? Why or Why not?
Study Guide Chapter 4
1)
The 1918 Gary
School System Report (p.84) states,“social, political
and industrial changes have forces upon the schools responsibilities formerly
of the home.” Describe some of these
changes and why they were felt to be important enough to include in schooling.
2) State the goals of Progressive Education that
were espoused both by John Dewey and Charles Eliot. Contrast their views on how to reach these
goals.
Study and Understand Graphic 4.6