Improving America's Education System In The 19th Century

The improvement of any curriculum needs to improve all the curriculum aspects such as a textbook, classroom, and teacher. The development of the teacher was “ at the heart of America’s education system in the nineteenth century.” ( p1). Until that time the teacher has many issues in his preparation and wages which effected negatively the education outcome. During that time the limit of the teacher's responsibility varying between the classroom and out of the classroom.

One of the significant change was established the laboratory school in 1894 at the university of Chicago (p51). The laboratory school used for training teachers, educational research and experimental, and curriculum development. This laboratory founded by John Dewey and university