HDE 100B Lecture 6: HDE100B Ch6 - Schools
25 Sep 2016
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The rise of schooling: secondary education middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools are all forms. The proportion of the 14- to 17-year-old population enrolled in school increased dramatically between 1910 and 1940. Today, nearly 95% of individuals this age are in school; most individuals in industrialized nations are in school. The rise of schools: by 1930s, there was a dramatic increase in enrollment. In 1910: 12% were enrolled: origins of compulsory education in america. Industrialization: many families could make ends meet without the labor of their adolescents. School was a way to keep kids off the streets and also americanize the immigrants by assimilation to common american values: compulsory education was first adopted in 1952, in massachusetts. It was intended to serve the needs and give opportunities for all of the students. The social organization of schools: diversity of american education.
