Education History

By layniee

  • 1635 First Public School

    Boston Latin school in Mass, opens it's doors as the first public secondary school. The school still teaches a "contemporary" classical education.

  • 1776 Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson believes that democracy depends on education and fought for it's foundation through his time in government through his presidency.

  • 1830 Horace Mann

    1830 Horace Mann
    Horace Mann was a great cursader for public education paid by the government. He traveled great distances to create standardized school reform.

  • 1896 Plessy V Ferguson

    The mantra separate but, equal stems from this supreme court ruling, which legalized segragation.

  • 1909 Progressive School in Gary Indiana

    1909 Progressive School in Gary Indiana
    Gary indianna first progressive school, took up two city blocks taught many subjects according to interest and rotated classrooms.

  • 1918 Free Public Schools

    1918 Free Public Schools
    All states have laws requiring mandatory school attendance for children through elementary school.

  • 1920 Birds and the Bees

    Between 20% and 40% of schools across the country begin teaching sex ed, some under the title of "moral education" courses become even more widespread over the next three decades.

  • 1954 Brown V Board of Education

    1954 Brown V Board of Education
    The decision reverses Plessy V Ferguson, ruling that separate is not equal, and outlaws segregation.

  • 1957 Math and Science take precedense

    Soviets make history, launching the sputnik satalite installing fear in many Americans. Increased funding was put into these programs in public schools.

  • 1970 Standardized Testing

    Standardized testing is used to measure school performance, and scores are not reported to the government and public.

  • 1983 A Nation at Risk

    1983 A Nation at Risk
    The report, issued by President Regan's national commission on excellence in education, points to serve underperformance of American schools.

  • 1999 Columbine High School Massacre

    1999 Columbine High School Massacre
    A school shooting that occured on April 20, 1999. Two students murdered 12 students and injured 21 others then the pair subsequently committed suicide. The massacre has been reported as "the deadliest high school shooting in US history.

  • 2001 No Child Left Behind

    Federal funding for education-pushes schools accountability. Opponents say it has made testing the focus of education, at the expense of critical thinking.

  • 2003 Getting connected

    All American schools have access to the internet. According to the National center for education statistics.

  • 2015 Senate approved legislation that ended NCLB

    2015 Senate approved legislation that ended NCLB
    In Dec of 2015 the senate approved legislation that ended No Child Left Behind Act. Sending signifigant power back to the states and local districts limiting federal oversight of educaiton.