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This 5 page paper responds to specific questions about Tyack's book: How as the one best system better and worse than the rural system it replaced. What information in the book is relevant to the bilingual controversy today? How does Tyack's argument of some immigrants being able to use schools for advancement than others because they were a better 'fit'? How does that apply to the writer's family? How does the school the writer attended reflect Tyack's report of the African-American experience? Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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inequality at all.] Question #1. In what ways was The One Best System by David Tyack superior to the rural schools it replaced? In what ways was it worse?
On balance, do you think it was superior or worse? Why? Must include two key factors. In the mid-19th century, urban schools followed the same model as rural schools. They
were 1. Informal, 2. Rather haphazard, and 3. They fostered a close relationship between the school and the community. Schools legally and socially belonged to the community. As industrialization and
urbanization became more profound, the rural model was changed to one that was more systematic and rational. Demands from parents and others led to groups of village or rural schools
giving way to the urban system, which was characterized by centralized governance and administrative structures, both of which were based on science and professional expertise. Local knowledge was no longer
deemed acceptable for governing schools. The new urban model was superior because it provided an organized curriculum to students. It was worse because it ignored the input of parents and
other community members. I think the new system was both better and worse in the very ways Tyack notes. It lost its informal close relationships between school and community becoming
more like a factory than like the school it once was. It was better because it led to more formalized training for teachers and because it provided more systematic educational
opportunities. [Student, you highlighted the section entitled Americanization: Match or Mismatch as related to question #2 but it is related to question #3] Question #2. What in Tyacks
history is relevant to current debates about inclusion in bilingual education? Tyack discusses the power of German immigrants in terms of schooling. Many concessions were made to this
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