# data[].attributes.body
Maria Montessori

# data[].attributes.headline
 All of us ( Educational priorities/ goals of that time period.)

# data[].attributes.subject
 All of us ( Educational priorities/ goals of that time period.)

# data[].attributes.body
Some of the priorities of this time period were making sure children were not only taught regular education but also ended up developing self-discipline and confidence.
~A goal of education was the rapid assimilation of all groups into the English-speaking Anglo-European culture.
"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."
--Maria Montessori

# data[].attributes.headline
All of us ( Types of schools and what/who the school taught/curriculum.)

# data[].attributes.subject
All of us ( Types of schools and what/who the school taught/curriculum.)

# data[].attributes.body
Laboratory schools

~John Dewey founded the "laboratory school" at the University of Chicago to put his ideas about progressive education into practice.
~ Curriculum should be a natural  outgrowth of child  interests.

~Educating immigrants and minorities. They went to boarding schools.
~The goal of immigrant education was rapid assimilation into an English-speaking Anglo-European society.
~Children were often punished  for speaking native language.
~Ethnic groups established separate schools to preserve culture.
~Educating African American children so they too can have a chance to prove their worth.

# data[].attributes.body
~ The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.' ---Maria Montessori.

~Significantly influenced by the
philosophy of Progressivism.
~"Progressivism is a philosophical orientation  based on the belief that life is evolving in a positive direction."
~Education was mainly focused on children's interest and practical needs.
~"Supporters of the Progressive movement were intent on social reform to improve the quality of American life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
~In 1919, the Progressive Education Association was founded and went on to devote the next two decades to implementing progressive theories in the classroom that they believed would lead to the improvement of society.
~"Were not united by a single educational philosophy."
~Teachers served as guides rather than taskmasters.
~ " Teachers in progressive school had to be extraordinarily talented and well educated; they needed both a perceptive understanding of children and a wide knowledge of the disciplines."

# data[].attributes.body
John Dewey
His ideas about "experiential learning" influenced several generations of educators. An early supporter of teachers’ unions and academic freedom, he spoke out and organized against efforts to restrict freedom of ideas, helped found the NAACP and supported women’s suffrage.

Maria Montessori
Montessori method which is a method of educating young children that stresses development of a child's own initiative and natural abilities, especially through practical play. This method allowed children to develop at their own pace and provided educators with a better understanding of child development.
"Scientific education, therefore, was that which, while based on science, modified and improved the individual."[94] Further, education itself should be transformed by science: "The new methods if they were run on scientific lines, ought to change completely both the school and its methods, ought to give rise to a new form of education."[95]

Mary McLeod  Bethune
She started what became  Bethune- Cookman College. She also directed  Office of Minority Affairs  in the ( NYA) National Youth Administration.

John Dewey:

# data[].attributes.body
In the Progressive era Schools were greatly influenced by Progressivism, which
was a belief that life was evolving in a positive direction. Many people in this time period though education should be focusing on children's needs and interests.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.

World war 2 and increasing federal involvement  in education World war 2 caused the government to fund more educational programs one of those being the Lanham act which provided funding for  training workers in the war plants the construction of schools in areas where military and  workers on military projects resided, and childcare for working parents.