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Colonial America: Massachusetts
Law of 1647 "Old Deluder Satan Act" compelled towns of 50+ have to have grammar school; teach children religious beliefs. -
Ohio: Rev Samuel Thomas
Establishes a school enrolling 60 Black students. -
Pennsylvania: Benjamin Franklin
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. -
New York: Emma Willard
Establishes Troy Seminary for Women; first higher education for women in the US; program equal to that of boys' schools. -
Massachusetts: Horace Mann
Become first secretary for first stte school board; helps spur educational awakening; establishes "common elementary schools" = basic education for all children. -
Massachusetts
Compulsory elemantray school attendance law passed. -
USA / Europe
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). -
Illinois: John Dewey
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. -
USA
Universities began to add teacher education to the curriculum. -
California & Ohio
First junior high schools established a Berkley and Columbus to bridge gaps between elemantary and college prep/skilled labor. -
USA
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). -
USA
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. -
Arkansas
Federal troops enforce the integration of nine black students at Central High in Little Rock. -
USA: Congress
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Congress passes providing more federal funds for public schools; High Education Act also passes. -
USA: Congress
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. -
USA
The Apple II computer introduced as one of the first personal computers; it becomes popular in schools. -
USA
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. -
USA: Colorado
Two students with firearms and explosives attack Columbine High School students and teachers. -
USA: Congress
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.
