Module 7

I chose Progressive Education because I wanted to find out more about this topic. In the nineteenth century this movement began. John Dewey was at the heart of this movement. He believed schools should be about developing the individual, along with creating a community that would be in harmony with the school system. This movement wanted to included in education; life issues, health care concerns, and family issues. It also would introduce social sciences and psychology into the class curriculum. Furthermore, students interest would be taken into account when decided what should be taught in education.

I found a website and a great slide show as a resource to learn more about Progressive Education.
http://www.answers.com/topic/educational-progressivism
http://www.slideshare.net/cartersd/john-dewey-presentation

My second topic is the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Linda Brown, a third-grader in the Topeka Kansas school system had to walk a mile to school everyday. There was a white school seven blocks away. When her father Oliver tried to enroll her into that school, they were rejected. The Brown family began their fight on December 9, 1952. The United States Supreme Court decided that segregation in schools was unlawful. There were "separate but equal" facilities, however they were not truly equal. The court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment was being violated.

I found two great websites full of information on this court case that made history.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilright/brown.html
http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/cultural/brown_kba/pdfs/historical_background.pdf