The History of American Education     

 

I. European Influences on American Educational History 
 

Colonial Institutions of Education/Schooling in the Revolutionary and Early National Period (ca. 1776-1820s).

II. Colonial Period of American Education (ca. 1600-1776)

 

III. Early National Period of American Education (ca. 1776-1840)

 

The First Era of Educational Reform: The Common School Movement (ca. 1830-1860).

IV. Common School Period of American Education (ca. 1840-1880)

 

 The Second Era of Educational Reform: Progressivism (ca. 1890-1920) and the Comprehensive Public High School. 

V. Progressive Period of American Education (ca. 1880-1920)

 

V. 1 Summary of the Progressive Era

 

VI. Modern Period of American Education (ca. 1920-present)