The roots of American school curriculum

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At the core of the educational transformation in American rural schools in the early 1900s was the re-examination of the rural school curriculum, preceded by the landmark meeting of the Committee of Ten in 1893. Until 1900, formal education in most rural areas was seen by many as an unneeded luxury, not necessary for the manual labor of the farm, mill, mine or other primary employment sources of a given locale. Curriculum and the American Rural School traces the origins of American school curriculum, and subsequently contextual izes it within the history of rural school curriculum in the United States since the mid-1800s. Doug Feldmann, professor of secondary curriculum at the University of Southern Mississippi, examines modern issues pertinent to the rural school curriculum in light of this history, and solutions to these issues that rural schools have discovered. (University Press of America Inc.: 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706; 800-462-6420) Copyright WD&S Publishing Nov 2003