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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Colonial American Education (1492-1763)
Church and the bible was the center of focus for most Americans in this time period. Some families could afford for their children to have teachers at their homes as well as send there children to private schools or study abroad for example Europe. -
Northwest Land Ordinance (1785)
This was an ordnance allowing the purchase of land and settlement in the north west territories. Land was also set aside for educational purposes in the future. -
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Common Schools
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/spring/spring05as/chap06concepts.html
MOST IMPORTANT
Common schools were places where students would come and go to school together in one place. The goal was to instill good morals and values in the children thus preventing crime and creating a better society. -
Horace Mann
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann
MOST IMPORTANT
Horace Mann born in Massachusetts was a major proponent of the start of public education which was called common school back then. He would ride his horse around to the different schools and write reports on the condition of the schools. He would then write politicians to help with the condition of the schools and set up a system. -
Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th century
As common schooling spread through other states besides Massachusetts so did the influx of immigrants in America. This put a lot of pressure and difficulties on the schools to teach such a wide range of students and such large #s of students. -
The progressive Movement
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1061.html
MOST IMPORTANT
The progressive era consisted of people who believed that the problems society faced (poverty, violence, greed, racism, class warfare) could best be addressed by providing good education, a safe environment, and an efficient workplace. This helped to make way for secondary schools. -
Secondary School Movement
The United States led all other nations in the development of universal and publicly-funded secondary school education and much of the growth occurred from 1910 to 1940. -
The Measurement Movement
People wanted to start focusing on measuring mental ability. This focus led to the Norm reference IQ testing. This was also used in WWII to separate soldiers from officers. -
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html
MOST IMPORTANT
In brown vs. board of education the supreme court ruled separate but equal is not constitutional and any child denied a good education would be unlikely to succeed in life. Some states still resisted this reform even to acts of violence. The president had to call in troops to insure the safety of the black students. -
Sputnik and NDEA (1957-58)
The Russians made it to space before us and we decided it was a national emergency to fund education particularly in math and science. This legislative action was called NDEA (National Defense Education Act). -
The Civil Rights Movement & The War on Poverty
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/the-civil-rights-movement-and-its-connection-to-po/
MOST IMPORTANT
I think this is a very important time for American education because this is really when we started to try and break barriers of poverty and race in our education system. Lindon B Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and was passed as a part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, 1975
This was a mandate for schools to take care of their students with disabilities. The federal government never help up their part of the act by providing 40% of the cost. -
A Nation at Risk Report, 1983
Ronald Reagan decided to proclaim that the united states is a "nation at risk" and that we were not headed on the right path educationally. This emphasized high stakes testing and focus on the core subjects of education. -
No Child Left Behind, 2001
This act requires schools reviving federal financial aid to administer annual standardized testing to student. If schools do not improve with each year then disciplinary actions would be taken. -
Committee of Ten
The Committee of Ten was a working group of educators that, in 1892, recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum. These people worked at Harvard University, the pinnacle of American education.
