Chapter 7

New England Primer

307

Basic school text published p. 307

Latin grammar school

1635

First established in Boston
P. 315

Old Deluder Satan Act

1647

All children need to learn to read
p. 307

Reverend Cotton Mather

1717

Started evening school for slaves
P. 323

Horace Mann

1796

Born
P. 313

Chalkboards used

1800

p. 186

Female Academy

1821

Established in New York

First high school

1821

First public English high school in Boston
P. 318

Horace Mann

1827

Elected to Massachusetts House of Representatives
P. 313

Female Academy

1828

Established in Connecticut

Female academy

1837

Established in Massachusetts
P. 317

Horace Mann

1839

Establishes first public normal school
P. 313

Approximately 6,000 academies

1850

P. 317

Horace Mann

1852

Becomes president of Antioch College
P. 313

US Congress passes Morrill Act

1862

P. 324

Public School Education

1873

Kindergarten education established in St. Louis
P. 312

Kalamazoo Case

1874

P. 318

First African American school

1881

Booker T. Washington
P. 324

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896

P. 325

Film projectors, motion pictures introduced

1900

p. 186

Thomas Edison

1913

Thomas Edison says books will soon be obsolete
p. 187

Progressive Education Association

1919

Established
P. 314

Brown vs. Board of Education

1954

P. 327

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

1965

P. 332

Lau v. Nichols

1974

P. 334

US Withdraws from Vietnam

1975

P. 333

Microcomputers

1980

Become affordable
p. 187

Plyler v. Doe

1982

P. 332

Nation At Risk Report

1983

High schoolers need to learn technology
p. 190

ADA

1990

P. 336

IDEA

1990

P. 336

No Child Left Behind

2001

P. 331

Race to the Top

2009

P. 336

National Education Technology Plan

2010

p. 190

85%

2013

Adults reported using internet
p. 217

US Center Bureau

2013

Reports racial disparities against access to and use of technology
p. 217