Educational Standards

1. Educational Standards Through the Years

2. Early America Read Sign Name Little computation Only boys needed education

3. 1892 Committee of 10 Report -representatives from leading colleges and secondary schools -worried students not prepared for college -recommends studying the classics -purpose of education is to train the mind

4. 1st Secondary School Year Latin 5 p. English Literature 3 p.5 p. English Composition 2 p. German or French 4 p. Algebra 5 p. History 3 p. Total 22 p. 2nd Secondary School Year Latin 5 p. Greek 5 p. English Literature 3 p.5 p. English Composition 2 p. German 4 p. French 4 p. Algebra *2 1/2 p.5 p. Geometry 2 1/2 p. Astronomy (12 weeks) 5 p. Botany or Zoology 5 p. History 3 p. Total 37 1/2 p. * Option of book-keeping and commercial arithmetic. 3rd Secondary School Year Latin 5 p. Greek 4 p. English Literature 3 p.5 p. English Composition 1 p. Rhetoric 1 p. German 4 p. French 4 p. Algebra *2 1/2 p. Geometry 2 1/2 p. Chemistry 5 p. History 3 p. Total 35 p. * Option of book-keeping and commercial arithmetic. 4th Secondary School Year Latin 5 p. Greek 4 p. English Literature 3 p.5 p. English Composition 1 p. English Grammar 1 p. German 4 p. French 4 p. Trigonometry 2 p. 1/2 yr.2 p. Higher Algebra 2 p. 1/2 yr. Physics 5 p. Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene 1/2 yr.5 p. History 3 p. Geol. Or Physiography 3 p. 1/2yr.3p. Meteorology 3 p. 1/2 yr. Total 37 1/2 p. http://tmh.floonet.net/books/commoften/table2.html

5. 1893 1918 Committee of 10 Report Cardinal Priciples Report • Latin/Greek • German/French • English Comp. • English Lit • Algebra • Geometry • History • Anatomy • Physics • Chemistry/Physics • 1. Health • 2. Command of fundamental processes • 3. Worthy home membership • 4. Vocation • 5. Citizenship • 6. Worthy use of leisure time • 7. Ethical character (Noddings, 2007, p. 205)

6. Who really decides what schooling will be all about? “Cardinal Principles assured mass production technocrats they would not have to deal with intolerable numbers of independent thinkers—thinkers stuffed with dangerous historical comparisons, who understood economics, who had insight into human nature through literary studies, who were made stoical or consensus-resistant by philosophy and religion, and given confidence and competence through liberal doses of duty, responsibility, and experience” (Gatto, http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/5l.htm).

7. 1983 A Nation At Risk -Ronald Reagan -American people, properly informed, will do what is right for their children and for the generations to come. -The twin goals of equity and high-quality schooling have profound and practical meaning for our economy and society, and we cannot permit one to yield to the other either in principle or in practice. -Our goal must be to develop the talents of all to their fullest. Attaining that goal requires that we expect and assist all students to work to the limits of their capabilities. -voluntary

8. ? • 2001 • No Child Left Behind • All states must set academic standards for what every child should know. • The NCLB law requires that every school strive to improve student achievement. • Testing helps identify schools that are doing well and schools that need to do better. • -Consequences for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress.

9. 19971st Iteration of Standards Statement of Purpose:  "The Learning Results identify the knowledge and skills essential to prepare Maine students for work, for higher education, for citizenship, and for personal fulfillment. This document defines only the core elements of education that should apply to all students without regard to their specific career and academic plans. The Learning Results are built on the premises that: all students should aspire to high levels of learning; achievement should be assessed in a variety of ways; and completion of public school should have common meaning throughout the state. http://www.maine.gov/education/lres/preface.htm

10. Make Your Voice Heard

11. Maine State Board of Education The Mission of the State Board of Education is to provide statewide leadership by advocating, promoting and improving educational policy and life-long learning for all Maine citizens.  In particular in this rapidly changing 21st century, we are concerned that graduates of the Maine Pk-12 public school system have the skills and knowledge to be college ready, career ready, and citizenship ready.  The Board offers direction to the Executive and Legislative branches of state government; thus, fulfilling its statutory requirement. - Study groups

12. -Contact Representatives-Join committees-Get Parents Involved

13. “The only conceivable way to break out of this trap is to repudiate any further centralization of schooling in the form of national goals, national tests, national teaching licenses, school-to-work plans, and the rest of the utopian package which accompanies these” (Gatto, http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/toc5.htm ).

14. Bibliography Archived: A Nation At Risk. . Retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html. Baker, James H. The Committee of Ten: Main Report. . Retrieved July 28, 2008, from http://tmh.floonet.net/books/commoften/mainrpt.html. Gatto, John Taylor. (2000). The Undergound History of American Education. The Odyddeus Group. Retrieved July 28, 2008, from http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/5l.htm. Maine State Board of Education--Mission Statement. . Retrieved July 30, 2008, from http://maine.gov/education/sb/mission.htm. Sass,ED.D, Edmund. American Educational History Timeline. . Retrieved July 15, 2008, from http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: An Overview. . Retrieved July 29, 2008, from http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/deputy/nclb/parents/facts/eng/eng- overview.html.