A)
1 The secondary schools movement describes a term used in educational history literature describing era from 1910 to 1940 during which secondary schools started sprouting across the United States.
2 The Kalamazoo school case. Sought to support high school education, it occurred in 1874.
3 In 1876, the Meharry Medical College was founded in Nashville, Tennessee. The college became the first medical school in the South for African Americans.
4 In 1876, a system was published by Melvil Dewey called Dewey Decimal System. Developed in 1873, DDC is recognized as world’s most widely used library.
5 In 1879, the first Indian boarding school was opened in Carlisle.
B.) I have chosen the secondary school movement and the Kalamazoo school case as case studies to analyze my similarities and differences.
Unique elements of historical secondary school movement are as follows;
i) The period witnessed a rapid growth in high schools graduation rates and national economy at large.
ii) The increase in secondary education for first half of the twentieth century made it possible for high college graduation rates after World War II.
iii) Led to a marked upsurge in some women in the U.S. labor force.
Unique elements of Kalamazoo school case.
i) In Michigan State, the number of high schools increased from 107 in early 1870's to 278 by 1890.
ii) This event was a court case that sought to halt funding of the public school using tax money.
iii) Kalamazoo established its first high school in 1658.
Similarities between the two historical events.
i) The growing credential value brought about by the two past events gave residents in the cities an authoritative incentive to push for more accessibility to high school.
ii) Through the “Secondary School Movement” high schools started gaining more recognition, the Kalamazoo case further entrenched high schools political legitimacy.
iii) Both historical events encouraged public support for the concept of universal education and the belief that schools were to serve poor and wealthy persons in society.
These events are still significant today because through them public schools have been defined, and more, the funding of schools by tax money is now legitimized.
The most important result of the "Secondary school Movement" is the increased enrollment in high schools across the U.S. The increased education opportunities had far reaching advantages to the economy. The most important and significant result of the Kalamazoo case is that it provided a legal basis for the funding of public schools using tax money.
Reference
Sass, E. (n.d.). American educational history: A hypertext timeline. Retrieved from http://www.eds-resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html
Dorn, S. (2007). Education history and school renewal. Retrieved from: http://shermandorn.com/wordpress/?p=937
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