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Progressive Education Reform
Most comprehensive movement in the history of American education. Changed the way students learned, how schools were run, how teachers were trained, teaching methods, content and organization of curriculum, and even school furniture and architecture -
School and Society
John Dewey wrote his first famous piece on education. Dewey proposes a psychological, social, and political framework for progressive education -
America Joins World War I
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World War I Ends
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Black Tuesday: Stock Market Crash
Stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression which had lasting effects until WWII began. -
World War II Begins
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Life Adjustment Education
Aimed at helping youth to deal with problems of everyday life as part of their general education. Curriculum included dating, finding a job, managing money, etc. -
World War II Ends
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Cold War Begins
Cold War stretches from 1947 to 1991 -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Ruled segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Vietnam War Begins
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Sputnik Launched
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New Curriculum - Post Sputnik
Reaction to what was thought to be a lack of intellectual rigor in the previous Life Adjustment Curriculum. Reformers believed that because Russia (USSR) had launched the first artificial satellite it meant that America had fallen behind and curriculum was lacking. -
Johnson "War on Poverty"
During his State of the Union speech, President Johnson declared "The War on Poverty." The government had found new research on the effects of poverty and how it impacted of education. -
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Education of the Disadvantaged
Aimed at improving education for the disadvantaged. During this reform movement, Head Start, "Sesame Street," antipoverty campaigns, and blingual education were all created. -
Project Head Start
Began as an eight week summer program and later was introduced year round. Head Start served preschool children from low income families to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs -
Sesame Street First Aired
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Open Education
Focused on the education of young children and advocated more freedom for students to pick their own activities and projects with less structure. -
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Career Education
A reaction to the special programs that had been created for particular groups and a concern for the ecomony. Reformers in this movement wanted all children be taught about the world of work and be trained with a marketable job skill that would be useful after graduation. -
Vietnam War Ends
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act PL 94-142
"To provide educational assistance to all handicapped children, and for other purposes." -
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Standards-Based Education Reform
From 1980's to today. Calls for clear, measurable standards for all students. -
A Nation at Risk
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Outcome-Based Education
Based each part of an educational system around goals or outcomes. By the end of the educational experience, each student should have achieved the goal. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Voted in in 2001, took effect Jan. 8th, 2002. -
Common Core State Standards
Every state had its own level of proficiency, not consistent across the United States. States begin adopting new standards.
