Study Guide for

D. Nasaw, Schooled to Order (1979) , Introduction and chs.9-14 & Conclusion

1a.  What does Nasaw tell us about what courses working class people wanted to take as high schools became a mass social phenomena?

1b. What does Nasaw tell us how the curriculum of high schools changed (and by whom) as high schools became a mass social phenomena.

2. What does Nasaw mean by "the final compromise"?

3.  Using this week's readings, extend the chronology of the major demographic and institutional changes in schooling in US society that you began preparing last week. 

4a. In what way or ways do you understand the title “Schooled to Order,” based on both week’s reading assignments?

4b. In Nasaw's accounts are there differences--and if so what are they--between the way "reformers" of different eras "set out to school to order the young people of their time"?

5a. According to Nasaw, when did nearly universal attendance in schooling get established in the US?

5b. According to Nasaw, what conditions were necessary in order for this to happen?

6. Sifting through Nasaw's chapters on higher education, what reasons can you find in his text for the expansion of higher education in twentieth century United States?