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Law of 1647 "Old Deluder Satan Act" compelled towns of 50+ have to have grammar school; teach children religious beliefs.
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Establishes a school enrolling 60 Black students.
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Establishes American Academy: first academy in the US; to create skilled workers; taught kids who weren't being educated in college prep schools; private schools; admitted girls; trained teachers.
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Establishes Troy Seminary for Women; first higher education for women in the US; program equal to that of boys' schools.
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Become first secretary for first stte school board; helps spur educational awakening; establishes "common elementary schools" = basic education for all children.
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Compulsory elemantray school attendance law passed.
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Herbartian Society founded; European influence; made a science out of teaching; brought structure to teaching profession (previously curriculum was religious based; taught by poorly prepared teachers).
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Establishes an experimental Labortory School, the so-called Dewey School, at the Univ of Chicago; leader of the progressive education movement; emphasized learning through varied activities rather than formal curricula and opposed authoritarian methods; emphasis shifted from institution to the student.
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Universities began to add teacher education to the curriculum.
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First junior high schools established a Berkley and Columbus to bridge gaps between elemantary and college prep/skilled labor.
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More teaching tools developed -- audiovisual, learning games, beautifully illustrated books, instructional TV, computers; due to influence of Pestalozzi, Dewey, ect. (children learn by firsthand experiences).
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Teacher training & certification help professionalize the field; teacher salaries improved; training for school personnel became available; in-service training made available; teacher organizations influence increased.
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Federal troops enforce the integration of nine black students at Central High in Little Rock.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act Congress passes providing more federal funds for public schools; High Education Act also passes.
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Education for handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) requires local districts to provide education for children with special needs, children in special ed programs increased from 310,000 to 4,641,000.
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The Apple II computer introduced as one of the first personal computers; it becomes popular in schools.
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Due to the prevalence of teen pregnancy, AIDS and other STD's among teenagers; parents, educators, and state lawmakers advocate sex-education programs that teach abstinence, sometimes exclusivley.
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Two students with firearms and explosives attack Columbine High School students and teachers.
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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) passes the hold states more accountable for student performance based on annual assessments but gives schools more flexibility in meeting federal regulations.
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