Welcome to American Public School

This week we are exploring the history of American public schools. You can check out Monday's video here. I asked you to focus on the agendas and intentions of those providing or advocating public education as we have for the other education systems we have looked at this semester. Consider the importance of education for a democratic citizenry for example.

On Wednesday, we will explore the topic of Values Affirmation and do the exercise in class. You can find the Values Exercise on Moodle. Afterwards, read this article.

Friday will be reserved for Final Exam review. As in the midterm exam, you will need to be able to identify on a map the locations of the ancient schools we've visited and, in a sentence or two, describe the education system of each place and the purposes they served in their societies:

1. The Maktab & Madrasa of the Islamic World
2. The Medieval European Universities
3. The NAPOLA of Nazi Germany
4. The American Public School System

The second part of the exam will be a reflect on mission, values and engagement experiences you have had in your first semester. You can find the prompt on the class Moodle if you want to prepare your ideas in advance of the final exam.

The final exam will be held in our classroom, at 2 pm on Monday, 12/9.

If you can't find sufficient information from your class notes or linked videos, you can search for the information you need in the Wikipedia.