S0141 · march_of_time_1936_new_schools · registry identity

New Schools for Old newsreel

March of Time · 1936

historical record independent3 occurrences across 2 books · load 6

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Canonical propositions this source was matched as evidence for.

P10 — The long decline in American verbal test scores that began in the 1960s was caused by the mid-century adoption of content-light, skills-b…

P12 — The obstacle to educational improvement is a coherent ideology — Romantic, child-centred educational thought descending from Rousseau thr…

How Hirsch uses it

Every occurrence, grouped by book and chapter, with the claim it was linked to support and (where the extraction regenerated one) the underlying warrant.

2016 · Why Knowledge Matters

Historical media evidence from 1936 documenting that thousands of American schools had already shifted focus toward individuality and critical thinking over specific content.

direct Child-centered curriculum principles were introduced in the 1930s and consolidated across the United States by the 1950s.

ch 4 · historical_example · wkm:ch4_E_new60

Warrant (implicit): Media reports of widespread pedagogical shifts in thousands of schools reflect a fundamental and permanent change in the national educational philosophy.

could fail ifHistorical newsreels often highlight novel or experimental trends (the 'new' thing) while the majority of actual classrooms may have continued traditional practices behind closed doors.

Historical newsreel footage documenting the spread of progressive schools in the US by 1936.

direct By 1936, progressive public schools were already numbered in the thousands in the United States, indicating the early roots of the shift from content-based education.

ch 7 · historical_example · wkm:ch7_E4

Warrant (implicit): The appearance of specific institutional practices in popular documentary media serves as a reliable proxy for the widespread adoption of those practices across a national school system.

could fail ifNewsreels often highlight novel or experimental trends for entertainment value, which may exaggerate the actual market penetration of the schools depicted.

2024 · The Ratchet Effect

The 1936 'March of Time' newsreel 'New Schools for Old' documenting the spread of progressive schools.

direct By 1936, the United States already contained thousands of progressive public schools, a shift documented in the newsreel 'New Schools for Old'.

ch appendix-i · historical_example · re:chappendix-i_E5

Warrant (implicit): Contemporary journalistic media and newsreels accurately reflect the scale and penetration of institutional shifts within a national school system.

could fail ifMedia reports often showcase novel or experimental trends as being more widespread than they are in actual practice across more conservative districts.

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March of Time newsreel (1936), cited in Hirsch endnote 41
March of Time, 'New Schools for Old' (1936)