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  In As American as Public School, 1900-1950 massive immigration, child labor laws, and the rappid growth of cities fueled school attendance and completely changed public education. It was noted that 51percent of America’s children graduated from high school, and 40 percent went to college. This was one of the running factors that played a huge role in the transformation of schooling. The second chapter in the book also emphasized on the controversial facts about IQ tests on students, life adjustments, curriculum, and politics. While creating the collaborative group assignment during our zoom session, my partners and I came to the realization that many of our agreements, arguments, assumptions and aspirations were very similar when it came to describing the “Why”. In the first section that explained what we all agreed upon we noticed that Elmoatazbellah and I had the same reflection that actually hit home for us because it was a knowledge that we were both brought up with. David o...

School: The story of American Public Education by Sarah Mondale was published in 2001. It is a compelling odyssey that weaves archival footage, rare interviews and on site coverage into an unprecedented portrait of America's great education experiment. In part one we learn how, in the beginning of the twentieth century, immigration, social status and the growing of cities played a huge role in the alteration of public education as it changed over time. Later in the years education became a component in the confrontation about schooling for minorities. In group four we discussed how the evolution of education has not stopped. We are currently living in the modification, and although it is unfortunate that we must do it in these horrific times of the Covid-19 pandemic it was going to happen sooner or later. From one day to the other school was switched entirely to remote and it has been a challenge for many families. It is distinguishable how only some students can attend and receiv...