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The School and Society by John Dewey
This book was published and John Dewey became known as "The Father of Progressive Education -
Low numbers
50% of school aged children attended school fo only an average of 5 years, with only a 6% graduation rate -
Gary Plan
In place to increase manufacturing for corporations, put into action in 30 NY schools by the Mayor and was immediately attacked as a plot to turn out cheap labor -
John Hylan
won the 1917 Mayor elections and cancelled the Gary Plan -
Destroy Books
35 states destroyed German education books to promote a plan for English only instruction -
Numbers slowly increasing
17% of 17 year olds graduate from high school and IQ tests are put into place to spot future leaders -
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Drop out rate
2/3 of Italian children leave school before 8th grade -
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Child labor laws
child labor banned, students were required to be in school until at least age 16 -
Still Increasing
51% of students graduate high school, 40% go to college -
Minority numbers low
only 13.7% of African Americans receive diplomas, only 0.095% of women receive a medical or law degree, average school attendance is only 9 years, 3/5 children graduate from high school with 50% attending college -
Segregation
African Americans were segregated in 17 states, average schooling for Mexican Americans was only 5.4 years, 72% of disabled students were not in school -
Brown vs. Board of Education
passed for fully integrated schools -
Little Rock Arkansas integration issues
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Segregation continues
98% of black students still in all black schools in the South -
Civil Rights Act
federal law that bans discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity in all federally funded programs -
Rising numbers for further education
85% of students plan to go to college -
Still low with minorities
75% of Mexican Americans drop out before 8th grade -
Almost full integration
91% of southern children attend integrated schools -
Title IX
prohibits discrimination based on gender -
Bilingual education on the rise
$68 million granted to bilingual programs in school plus public teaching materials in over 40 languages -
Title IX lawsuits
by Women's Equity Action League, charged government with failure to enforce Title IX -
Numbers ever rising
51.4% of African Americans earn a high school diploma, 30% of women receive degrees in medical and law fields, school attendance has risen to 12.5 years -
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Full capacity
Almost 100% of school aged children attend school in a business driven world -
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Graduation Requirements
high graduation requirements were put into place in 35 states, with an annual cost of standardized testing reaching $500 million -
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School shootings
Over 200 deaths resulting from school shootings -
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Homeschool
homeschooling became legal in all 50 states -
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New schooling options
2.5% of children were home schooled, 173 charter schools ran by for-profit companies, 2100 total charge schools available, over 90,000 public schools -
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Publice enrollment in school
47.8 million children were enrolled in the 2001-2002 public schools reaching almost 90%