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Roxbury Latin School
By providing free schooling for students, the Roxbury Latin school was influential in teaching kids in the beginning of the United States history. It explains why education is such a focal point in the United States today. The importance that the Puritans put on education then shaped how the United States views the importance of education now. -
Horace Mann becomes U.S secretary of education
Horace Mann's common school movement made schooling more accessible, and of a higher quality to students. It is because of his movement that the U.S today has every kid required to go to school. His educational reform also is responsible for having teacher's be labeled as professionals. -
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
This school created by Mary Lyon is responsible for having women be educated with as high of standards as men. It is in part of Mary Lyon that women education exists on the same platform as men today. -
Brown vs Board of Education
This case is responsible for abolishing segregation of schools based on race. With the case in favor of desegregating schools, it played a major part in the landscape of schools today. It allowed every race to get a higher quality education than in the past. -
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind act has directly influenced schooling today, as they still implement many of the same standards today. The standardized testing and the objective standards that were put into place then are still greatly used today. The act has had a direct impact on how students are taught in today's classrooms.
