After you read this chapter, you should be able to

4.1 Assess the major cultural influences on education in early colonial America.
4.2 Critique the characteristics of education in the early New England colonies.
4.3 Identify the characteristics of education in the Middle and Southern colonies.
4.4 Trace how public schooling changed during the early national period.
4.5 Defend how certain factors and persons influenced the U.S. movement toward teaching’s increasing professionalization and universal public schooling.
4.6 Assess the status of schooling in the late 19th century.