Mr.garrison

Education in America

By samohtaz
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    240 years of teaching

  • 1635 Pilgrims establish the first public school in the American Colonies

  • Harvard is the first university of higher learning in america

  • Oct. 19th disclaimer!! :)

    Oct. 19th disclaimer!! :)

    All entries with the date october 19 should be noted for the year only
  • Philadelphia Academy opened by Benjamin Franklin

    Philadelphia Academy opened by Benjamin Franklin

  • Thomas Jefferson submits bill for public school system

    Thomas Jefferson submits bill for public school system

    Although voted down by Virginian legislators. Jefferson laid the foundation of what would become our modern school system.
  • Noah Webster produces his first text

    Noah Webster produces his first text

  • Massachusetts and Conecticut require any town with more than 500 families to build a High school

  • Thomas Jefferson oversees the construction of Virginias first University

    Thomas Jefferson oversees the construction of Virginias first University

  • 1840s, Horace Mann and Henry Barnard helped create school systems in Massachusetts and Connecticut that further increased teacher training and pay.

    1840s, Horace Mann and Henry Barnard helped create school systems in Massachusetts and Connecticut that further increased teacher training and pay.

    In most states, teachers by this time needed to take a test for certification that licensed them to teach.
  • William Mcguffey produces first text book "Reader"

    William Mcguffey produces first text book "Reader"

  • National Teachers Association formed and was the largest labor union in the United States.

    National Teachers Association formed and was the largest labor union in the United States.

  • Justin Morrill sponsors the Morril Land-Grant

    Justin Morrill sponsors the Morril Land-Grant

    a bill that allows the selling of public lands to pay for higher learning institutes
  • 15 states pass laws prohibiting teaching evolution

    15 states pass laws prohibiting teaching evolution

  • F.D.R. 's "New Deal" propses educational reforms as well as social and economic

    F.D.R. 's "New Deal" propses educational reforms as well as social and economic

  • FSA Federal Security Act is established

    FSA Federal Security Act is established

    Part of Roosevelts "New Deal" plan witch governed Vocational Rehabilitation, or Adult education
  • Brown Vs. Board of education

    Brown Vs. Board of education

    The supreme court made the monumentous desicion segregation is "unconstitutional
  • Armed U.S. troops oversee the intergration of Littlerock Centeral Highschool

    Armed U.S. troops oversee the intergration of Littlerock Centeral Highschool