The Common School

1) Why did an institution of mass compulsory schooling develop in the United States during the mid-to-late 19th century? 2) Why did Jacksonian populists resist mass compulsory schooling? 3) How did Horace Mann appeal to the public? With what message did he attempt to "sell" the common school to the working class? The Whig elites? Part B: Education During the Progressive Era 1) What were the major distinctions between the Liberal and Conservative wings of the Progressive movement? 2) What does it mean to say that Conservative reforms "captured" the Progressive Era? 3) Based upon your readings for this module, what appear to have been the principal aims and purposes of schooling in the United States at the end of the Progressive Era? To what extent do you see these reflected still in the rhetoric of the past five U.S. Presidents                                                      

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