| A | B |
|---|
| apprenticeship | arrangement for masters to teach young people a trade |
| dame school | converted homes for teaching during colonial times |
| Old Deluder Satan Law | required Massachusetts towns to provide education for young people |
| normal school | developed to prepare teachers |
| Northwest Ordinance (1787) | set aside land for educational purposes |
| common school | A public, tax-supported school. First established in Massachusetts, the school's purpose was to create a common basis of knowledge for children. It usually refers to a public elementary school. |
| National Defense Education Act | designed to strengthen U.S. education after Sputnik |
| in loco parentis | Latin term meaning "in place of the parents"; that is, a teacher or school administrator assumes the duties and responsibilities of the parents during the hours the child attends school. |
| categorical grants | funding targeted to specific populations or goals |
| Horace Mann | led the Common School Movement |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | established the doctrine of separate but equal |
| compulsory-ignorance laws | prohibited the education of slaves |
| Carnegie Unit | measurement for evaluating student progress |
