MomLovesClassics Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 I remember a few years back someone posted a site with details on the history of public schools, and how education was better before compulsory education. I can't find the link, would know it if I saw it. Does anyone have any idea which site it could possibly be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 The history of http://www.tourchautauqua.com/Default.aspx is pretty interesting. There is a netflix video on it too which is a nice introduction about when education went from Sunday schools to what we see today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomLovesClassics Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 No, this is not the site. It is not John Taylor Gatto's site either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've seen this one posted around several places; haven't read it though, so I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for. http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Some of the links on my history of reading instruction have links to actual books at the time discussing how teaching was done, here is one such good link: http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/historyofwayneco.html http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/historyofreading.html If you look for the source documents or historically acturate compilations that include source documents about teaching back then, you can find good fairly unbiased information. For example, reading the book "A history of One Room Schools in the Middle West" was fascinating, and showed source documents that I confirmed showing that literacy was highest in the states with the most one room schools in the early 1900s, even though most education professionals were touting the benefits of school consolidation away from one room schools. http://www.amazon.com/One-Room-Schools-Middle-West-Illustrated/dp/0700606378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375149253&sr=8-1&keywords=History+of+one+room+schools+in+the+middle+west Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'm currently being brainwashed by my online college education degree about the horrors of education before progressive education came along and saved us all from logic, reason, and history. I am curious what it was really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abdesigns Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I don't know about a website, but this book is pretty good! http://www.amazon.com/Homeschool-American-History-Milton-Gaither/dp/0230606008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375193414&sr=8-1&keywords=milton+gaither Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I'm currently being brainwashed by my online college education degree about the horrors of education before progressive education came along and saved us all from logic, reason, and history. I am curious what it was really like. I wish it had come along a bit later - I spent my whole childhood wondering when we were going to get to history and grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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