What Were the Aims of Education during the Progressive Era (1920-1945)?
• John Dewey’s Laboratory School at the University of Chicago, a model of progressive education, offered a curriculum based on children’s interests and needs. • Progressive educator Maria Montessori developed age-appropriate materials and teaching strategies that were implemented in the United States and throughout the world. • Public criticism of progressive education led to its decline at the start of World War II. School enrollments became increasingly diverse as a result of immigration, and a goal of education was the rapid assimilation of all groups into an English-speaking Anglo-European culture. How Did Education Change during the Modern Post-War Era (1945-2000)? • The Soviet Union’s launching of Sputnik in 1957 sparked educational reform, particularly in science, mathematics, and foreign language education. Schools were ordered to desegregate with “all deliberate speed” as a result of a 1954 decision by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. • Innovative cu
