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Education
Historical events of the education system in America -
Jefferson
He argued the importance of providing education to all. Even though his plan mostly benefited White males. -
"American Spelling Book" - Noah Webster
Noah Webster writes America's first textbook, the blue back speller, giving us separation from England. -
Sarah Roberts vs Boston
This was the first time segregation was challenged. After Sarah was rejected from White schools, they took the case to courts saying it was unconstitutional. To everyone's surprise, Sarah didn't win and the schools remained the same. -
Irish Immagrants
The Irish Immigrants brought religious diversity that unsettled the education system. After riots and protest, schools become more neutral and take offensive materials out of textbooks.. -
Horance Mann
He traveled America reporting the undesirable schooling conditions. He later helped fix education with "Common Schools" that were payed with tax dollars and had proper school materials. -
John Dewy (Most Important)
Dewy was the "father of Progressive Education". This new style of teaching focused of the child. Having them get up from their seats, move around, and do things with their hands! This can effect us today because it is a wonderful teaching style that can have a lot of influence now.
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2336/Progressive-Education.html -
Gary Plan
Wanted students to be more healthy and clean. Has school nurses, and students go swim so they could have a bath! -
William A Wert (Most Important)
Designed big and interactive schools. Emerson School had acres of land, a zoo, a pool, tons of different and hands on classes (sewing, animal car, ect..). These designs of school may have been back in the past, but if it were still practiced I think school would have be so much more memorable and have more impact.
http://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/06/12/emerson-school-of-gary-indiana/ -
Growth
Education is growing fast! Demands for not only teachers, but bus drivers, cooks, health, math and science teachers are higher. School is no longer about one teacher and a small building. -
Immagration and Child Labor
Millions were immagrating to America from around the world. 3 million of them were kids, most intrested in attending school. A lot of children did not go to school because the school conditions were awful and didn't have much to offer. The law was passed to band child labor and to send them to fixed up schools. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Segregation was finally made against the law. Blacks and Whites are allowed at the same schools. -
Lindon Johnson (Most Important)
Even though integration is the law now, no one abides by it. Not till Johnson passed a bill that if a school is not integrated, its school funds will be cut! The war of segregation is finally at ease. Without this, who knows if the south would have ever adopted a fully integrated school. This opened a door to a now peaceful school system today.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/lyndon-johnson/ -
Individuals with disabilities in Education Act (Most Important)
People with disabilities are finally out of hiding and into the classroom. Schools make accommodations to ensure individualized learning experiences for the new and welcomed students. This is still an important subject, that we need to love and accommodate for the students with disabilities, and to let them be in environment where their disability won't hold them back.
http://idea.ed.gov/ -
learning Crisis
Economy was taking a change for the worse, and schools were accused of doing the same. So they added hours to the school day, more test, and added more competition to better the education system. -
No Child left behind (most important)
Students are tested and schools are responsible to accommodate and ensure student success. This is one of the newest programs that teachers must be very aware of. it influences almost all that we do, and we need to have a proper understanding of it.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/no-child-left-behind-overview-definition-summary.html
