Key words and phrases: The Progressive Era, Administrative Progressivism, Pedagogical Progressivism, Standardization, Efficiency, Democracy, Child-Centered Education, Citizenship, Patriotism.

EDFD 221 mini-lecture: Who Were the Progressives?

Key terms: Sedition Act, Immigration Act of 1924, Eugenics, Ku Klux Klan, Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Key themes: Citizenship, Patriotism, Race & Ethnicity

Americanization and Education Post-WWI

American Schools In Depression And War

Key terms: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Department of Education, A Nation At Risk, No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Themes: Poverty, Standardized Testing, Accountability 
Contexts: The New Deal, Great Society, War on Poverty, conservatism

From ESEA to NCLB

Key names and terms: Harold Rugg, American Legion, Social History, New Left, Lynne Cheney, National Standards for History, Gary Nash, "Revisionist History," Rush Limbaugh, Enola Gay  
Some recommended reading
For more context on Harold Rugg, see: https://iloveyoubutyouregoingtohell.org/tag/harold-rugg/
For more on the Standards Controversy of 1994, see: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/8418
For more on the Enola Gay, see: http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/enola/

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