Questions regading the Timeline

The timeline revealed the fact that education has adapted over time due to the changes in society. As new people immigrated and new ideas developed, the curriculum and those enrolled in school changed as well. It was modified to fit the neeeds of the people at that place and time. It also was desgined to have those involved in it, prosper. Education was used to prepare people for the workforce and better the nation and it's economy. Those allowed to be educated was only the wealthy. However over time: minorites, females and others that held talent were allowed in the schools as well. The struggle of education existed due to the tension between the competing models of the liberal culture and efficency culture. Over the years the society would change from one to the other and as that happened the school system changed with that as well. Education would vary between being student centered and subject based. Standardized testing also came into effect and that is still an issue today with how culturally biased the tests may be.

The english curriculum was one that was used in different ways over the years as well. It was at first to be about literature. Then it evolved into self expressive writing, because between the wars the attitude of the nation changed. It became about individuals and the potentials they had. After WWII writing became a cognitive process. As one can see, due to the problems or situations the nation was facing the education adapted to them as well. Communication courses began to hold some importance as well and the attitudes of the teachers changed postwar.

To conclude, whenever the cultures present in the nation changed, the education system was adapted to fit the needs of everyone that lived in the United States. At times the liberal culture advanced and schools were modified to educate students to be successful. When the efficency model was advacing the school system focused on making leaders and those that can take a management role in their expertise. As new people immigrated and situations the society faced came along, the educational system modified itself to please the people and the nation.