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Education in 1900
Despite the push to improve the nation's educational standards During the early 1900s, very few students advanced beyond grade school. In 1900, only 11 percent of all children between ages fourteen and seventeen were enrolled in high school, and even fewer graduated. Those figures had improved only slightly by 1910. www.encyclopedia.com -
Education in 1920
Following a trend towards progressive education which began earlier in the twentieth century, reforms continued in school curricula, teacher training, and styles of instruction during the 1920s. That population increase led to larger elementary school enrollments in the 1920s. www.encyclopedia.com -
Education in 1940
American education was transformed in the 1940s. At all levels it became better organized, better funded, and more standardized across the country. Universities were modernized. In subjects such as literature, history, and the arts, the college curriculum was made more professional and was more carefully thought out. www.encyclopedia.com -
Education in 1960
During the 1960s, students from grade school through university-Level began studying old subjects in new ways. ... Education theorists insisted that teachers be empowered to develop their students' minds and encourage their intellectual curiosity, rather than merely stressing learning by rote (a method of memorization). -
Education in 1980
The course education in America took in the 1980s was through a battlefield. Studies showed that American elementary and secondary students consistently tested lower in science and math than their counterparts in Japan, and in what was then West Germany and the former Soviet Union. www.encyclopedia.com -
Education in 2000
The original goals, intended to be met by the year 2000, follow: first, all children will start school ready to learn; second, the high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent; third, American students will leave grades four, eight, and twelve having demonstrated competency in challenging subject. www.encyclopedia.com -
Education in 2020
NEP 2020: Minimum qualification for teaching - 4 year integrated B. Ed degree. A new and comprehensive National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, NCFTE 2021, will be formulated by the NCTE in consultation with NCERT. By 2030, the minimum degree qualification for teaching will be a 4-year integrated B. www.hindustantimes.com
