What Is The Role Of Education In Schools During The 1920's

Early national schools differed from nineteenth century schools because reformers such as Horace Mann and Henry Barnard decided that an organized school system which would create more opportunity and create more diversity. Mann and Barnard also believed that education could prevent crime and reduce poverty. Some schools also began to deviate from the traditional one-room schoolhouses for example the Marlborough School Building in New Hampshire, which was built in 1880. During the Twentieth century many people believed that education for all people was essential. By the early 1900’s most kindergarten classes were involved in public schools. These schools were also state controlled and attendance was crucial. Both early childhood education

Bureaucratization began to form in the beginning of the Twentieth century as school districts began to keep track of what students were learning in schools. Immigrants from Europe needed to integrate with American students in schools and this was called “Americanization.” The idea of Americanization began to build especially at the beginning of World War I. It began to build around the start of World War I because many people became very nationalistic. Southern states were the last to require mandatory attendance policies in schools because many southerners felt it gave the government too much power, and it encroached on parents’ rights. In the 1920’s schools began “tracking” students, which means they would essentially be placed in specific classes based on what others believed the students ability to be. For example the worst students would end up getting the most unskilled jobs after their schooling whereas the best students would get the best jobs, which would make more money. From 1910 to 1940’s there was a high school movement, which communities came together to support high schools because it not only gave students better opportunity but it also