Elizabeth City State University was established as a normal school. These ordinances initiated aid to education in the western states. A plan proposed by Mortimer Adler in which every student would be taught the same curriculum from grades 1 through 12. Electives and vocational education would be eliminated. Programmed instruction Instruction designed to provide self-paced, individualized learning.
Students read a question or problem, answer it, and then check their answer.
If the answer is correct, students are instructed to go to another question. If answer is incorrect, students are given more practice. A tax that takes a greater percentage of revenue from people who have the most money. This group was responsible for the development of public education in 17 th century colonial America. They promoted strict management of children.