Analysis Of The Smith-Hughes Act Of 1917

We have bad institutional habits and the educational system will continue to be the way it is because our system is outdated and that’s how it’s always been. The U.S. education system does what it was designed to do. The problem that were facing is that it was formed over 100 years ago in a different time period, for a

Before more modern reforms, problems within the education system were glaring and undeniable creating such disarray that what composed the system was a detriment to itself. Schools of the past, specifically in the 1800s and early 1900s, relied on minimal funding, undereducated teachers, and a lack of proper materials. In addition, most children in America did not go to school full time because of the farming nature of the country and the schools had to accommodate. NC1: “In 1900, the average school year was 100 days long—40 percent shorter than the current school year—and classes were commonly twice as large as contemporary ones.” Cramming what was supposed to be a full education into 100 days a year compared to the modern requirement of 175 or 180 was destined to fail. Seeing as the amount of information can barely be fit into the modern day school year, 100 days could never fulfill a quality education. Not only was the schooling itself a problem but the lack of inclusion kept even more students from bettering the world around them through this outlet. In the past the exclusion from true education was extensive; those denied an education included women, the poor, and those of different races, including but not limited to African Americans. If individuals were not outright denied the opportunity to learn they were separated as Schneider explains.

Education began around 3000 to 500 B.C.E. in the early ages of Egypt and has been advancing and changing ever since. Technology has played a huge role in the progression of where education stands today but education has also seen a tough set back in critical aspects of serving its purpose of providing children with a proper education s that they are prepared and can succeed. Although some may find that the current education system in America, even in the depressed urban school settings, are functioning just fine, many people will advocate that drastic changes need to be done to fix the problems.

Education is what drives the future of America. If students in today’s generation are not being educated properly imagine what the future holds. Today it is seen that many students are not acquiring the fundamental abilities of math and english concepts for the most part. Students are not a grade level reading, or writing. They are falling behind. Reason being is because some teachers, are not taking the effort to make sure these students are gaining the knowledge. Teachers (not all) have become lazy they are not doing enough to make sure their students are successful. Also since a lot of teachers are given tenure, they cannot be fired for being unsatisfactory teachers. Instead reforms such as No Child Left Behind and Rise to the Top were

Education over the past hundreds of years has made many changes and advances in the way it is run, what is included, and who is allowed to attend. The idea of a school board and what it is suppose to represent (serves) to a community has changed and has stuck to its founding principles.

As time goes by there are many things that change this includes education. Education changes in different ways, such as the implication of technology, and new requirements in the education curriculum.

50 years ago in 1966 the family wasn’t the same as it is now, we have new technologies and a different set of view and beliefs. If education never changes, we would never move forward we would be stuck. In one of my favorite books Anthem they are stuck learning the same things never having an original thought. This is how I imagine the educational system would be if it never changed. In 1966 the definition of family was so different, now a family could be anything then it was strictly a man and woman with kids. This is one of the biggest changes in the family in the past 50 years along with so many others.

Education has survived a lot of different situations and periods of time. It has undergone times of prejudice and racism, where only certain people had access to education. It has survived in times of neglect, when governmental budgets seemed to delegate money everywhere else but education. In general, education has survived many different situations and has come out vastly improved and better overall. With the ever-growing industry of technology, corporal punishment being prohibited, and increasing opportunities for more people, it is hard not to see the positive changes.

There are multiple gadgets that improve schooling, from the 1650’s to now. We keep improving and creating and making it easier to learn. One of the earliest gadgets from the 15th century is what is called a Horn-Book. It is not actually a book, but really a wooden paddle, with letters on it teaching prayers, vowels and consonants, and the alphabet. In 1795 a scientist named Nicholas-Jacques Conte invented the pencil. It is a tremendous tool used in school often. Another famous tool is the chalkboard, invented in 1801. It was discovered when a teacher hung a large piece of slate on a wall to teach the children. In the 19th century, most children would go to school, but it was very different than it is today. All of the children would learn in a one-room schoolhouse, taught by one teacher. The teacher would teach grades 1-8, with the oldest children in the back of the room, and the youngest in the front. The teacher would have to teach from 6-40 or more children. Students were held to higher expectations such as memorizing their work

Education in the U.S. is failing, so bad in fact that other countries are going to start taking advantage of us, and pass us as they excel in innovation and we lag behind.The general schooling system of the United States has been around for one hundred and fiftee years, with almost all the same teaching methods, grading and student expectations taking place through it all. It’s very perplexing that the system multiple generations were taught in hasn’t changed while everything else has. The school system of America needs to change in order for it to stay as one of the most successful, powerful countries in the world.

For starters, several schools today are more intrigued with challenging traditional education. This allows students to be

Schools in America tend to have a lot of faults. One big fault that I believe the schools in America have today is that their curriculum is too outdated. We are learning the same things in school today as people learned in school 30-50 years ago. Some of the curriculum has been modified to fit today’s society, but most of it is still the same. The curriculum should go along with the times we’re living in

One effect from the changing view of the ideal education system is the pressure on the schools themselves. With a rapidly changing world, countries find themselves competing for the upper hand; this includes having the best educated citizens. Hence, the US tries to cram as much information into the heads of students as fast as possible. The students have only the slightest understanding of what they learned before they are pushed on to the next subject.

Also, the curriculum has become increasingly harder over the years. Children are being taught certain concepts must earlier than in the past. The parent must keep in mind that they may not have had the same degree of education in each and every subject. It may

Education has changed in some aspects of how it is expected to be taught. In the past, during the race to the moon, education was to be taught narrowly in math, science and language arts. The mindset was to expand the amount of knowledge as far as necessary to become an engineer. The children who were smart enough, or motivated enough to do well in these subjects would become engineers while the rest were to take up smaller jobs such as fast food employees. The scale of knowledge was not very broad. In today’s world curriculum is to expand the knowledge of these few subjects to things such as performing arts and history.