EDL 702 - History of Public Education

Public education in the United States set a course for the development of a western democratic system. Both the evolution of public education and the resulting oversights (colonial Indian schools, development of schools for freed slaves and eventual segregation, hygiene and sanitary impulses, technological progress and plunder, etc) have had a tremendous impact on what not only became possible through education, but for education internationally. This course is designed to provide both aspiring and practicing PreK-12 school leaders with a social historical examination of the development of public schooling in the United States and internationally. Class sessions center discussion and reflection on the history of public education and the ensuing debates.

Credits: 3