Business-like accountability in education: commentary on Morrill to Baldrige.(U.S. public school history from the Morrill Acts to the Malcolm Baldridge Awards) From: Education | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Project Innovation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

This article traces the history of the Malcolm Baldrige Awards as a force in twenty-first century U.S. schools. History of this Total Quality Management (TQM)-like program begins with a retrospect of American public school curricula. Beginning with the formation of early colonial Dame Schools, this article continues with the formation of colleges and universities, and adds contextual and progressive eras emphasizing religion, politics and business orientations. The post-1776 U.S. federal government made public education a states' right question; however the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1892 ...

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