Describe the evolution of education and the American educational system, and how delinquency may have evolved along with it
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The answer should include the following points:
- U.S. Constitution says nothing about public schools, but by 1850 nearly all of the northern states had enacted laws mandating free education.
- During most of the nineteenth century, U.S. schools were chaotic and violent places where teachers unsuccessfully attempted to maintain control over unmotivated, unruly, and unmanageable children through novel and sometimes brutal disciplinary methods.
- Widespread dissatisfaction with the schools at the turn of the twentieth century led to the Progressive education movement.
- The U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public school unconstitutional was a pivotal event in the history of American education.
- In the 1960s, the concept of the open classroom was accepted more widely in private schools than in public schools.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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