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Drafts legislation called "Education Bill of 1837" which mandated a state board of education. It also required a minimum school year of 6 months, and higher teacher salaries.
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Penn State, University of Chicago, and University of Wisconsin, offer courses at a distance which corresponded via mail. These were mainly established to serve the agricultural population.
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This museum was the first of its kind. It was opened in St. Louis.
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The first catalogue of instructional films is published.
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Constructs a scale that measures and evaluates children's handwriting.
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Edison says, "Books will soon be obsolete in schools...It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture."
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War begins. Continues through 1918.
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Developed in the elementary school system in Winnetka, IL, this plan was based on two areas: "Common Essentials" and "Creative Group Activities."
Curriculum focused on individualized plans and encouraged students to learn at their own pace. No students were to "fail" either area. There were no achievement standards or measurements. -
Penn State offers courses to its distance students via radio.
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Originally, National Professional Organization for Visual Instruction, the AECT was established.
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The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. changes name to International Business Machines.
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Sidney Pressey develops the a "teaching machine" so as to relieve teachers "burdened by such routine of drill and information-fixing."
