Janak, Edward 2019. The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education. Chapter 4: Education in the Progressive Period (ca. 1890s–1920s). Switzerland: Palgrave Pivot. pp. 43-63.
Infographic: Reform Movements of the Progressive Era
Relating stakeholders from the Progressive Era with current organizations and initiatives.
Administrative progressives who sought to consolidate power at the local level | James Jackson Storrow
- Since its founding in 1940, The National School Board Association (NSBA)
Teachers who sought to improve their work environment and a seat at the political table | Margarette Haley, Ella Flagg Young, Cora Bigelow
- Teaching Contracts 1905 | Ames, Iowa Historical Society
- This 1920s Ohio Teacher’s Contract for Women
- The American Federation of Teachers
Child-centered curriculum reformers | John Dewey
Advocates of testing measurement | Lewis Terman
Political reformers who wanted to collaborate with teachers to build a better world | George Counts
Democracy and Education
Right now, the question is Democracy. There are those who believe that:
- The democratic nature of these United States is under threat.
- The value of a democratic state is less significant than a state that functions efficiently to address the issues of the day.
- Global Erosion of Democratic Norms
- Democracy in Retreat – 2019 (Interactive World Map).
Discussion: Teachers’ Unions, what do you think? write it down, crumple it up, throw it into the middle….
- Teaching Contracts 1905 | Ames, Iowa Historical Society
- This 1920s Ohio Teacher’s Contract for Women
- Teachers’ Unions, let’s think about this
Literacy Across the Curriculum 
