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  2. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1821, Boston started the first public high school in the United States. By the close of the 19th century, public secondary schools began to outnumber private ones. [81] [82] Over the years, Americans have been influenced by a number of European reformers; among them Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Montessori.

  3. The Underground History of American Education - Wikipedia

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    The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling ( ISBN 0-945700-05-9, pbk. ISBN 0-945700-04-0) is a critique of the United States education system by John Taylor Gatto . A former teacher, Gatto left the classroom the same year he was named New York State Teacher of ...

  4. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A significant number of teachers have to work extra hours or other jobs to make up for low pay, with nearly 17% of teachers having a job outside the school system in 2020–21. Public school teachers also work more than the required 39.4 hours a week, with an average of 52 hours worked per week, only 25.2 of which is spent on teaching.

  5. Education in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Texas State University System, created in 1911 to oversee the state's normal schools (teachers' colleges), is the oldest multi-system University System in Texas. The system is the only one of the six Texas state university systems to be a horizontal system: it does not have a flagship institution and considers every campus to be unique in ...

  6. The Death and Life of the Great American School System

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    The Death and Life of the Great American School System. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education is a non-fiction book by Diane Ravitch, originally published in 2010 by Basic Books, [3] with revised and expanded versions reprinted over the years. [4] [5]

  7. Censorship of school curricula in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Censorship of school curricula in the United States. Throughout the history of the United States, various topics have been censored and banned in education, including teaching about evolution, racism, sexism, sex education, and LGBTQ+ topics. Due to the federal system of the country being highly decentralized, states are delegated with much of ...

  8. High school movement - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The high school movement is a term used in educational history literature to describe the era from 1910 to 1940 during which secondary schools as well as secondary school attendance sprouted across the United States. During the early part of the 20th century, American youth entered high schools at a rapid rate, mainly due to the building ...

  9. History of education - Wikipedia

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    Education was a process that involved three steps, first was Shravana (hearing) which is the acquisition of knowledge by listening to the Shrutis. The second is Manana (reflection) wherein the students think, analyze and make inferences. Third, is Nididhyāsana in which the students apply the knowledge in their real life.