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The First school in america
The first schools in the 13 colonies opened in the 17th century. The Boston Latin School was the first public school opened in the United States, in 1635. To this day, it remains the nation’s oldest public school. -
Massachusetts teacher law
A law passed in Massachusetts requires towns with fifty or more families to hire a teacher, and towns with a hundred or more families to build a grammar school. -
chalk board
the chalk board one of the first technological advances -
common school era
began the time when schools became more public and the demand for teachers increased as well as a demand for better teachers. -
Oberlin College
Oberlin College becomes the first U.S. college to admit both men and women. -
the beginning of feminization in schools
The inclusion of woman teachers came in the 1840, though many men still though women below them and didn't think they had what it took to control unruly children. -
NEA
founded in 1857 as a policy-making organization, one that hoped to influence the national debate about schools and schooling. Over the next hundred years, it played a significant role in standardizing teacher training and curriculum. -
Port royal experiment
Begun in 1862 on the South Carolina Sea Islands, the Port Royal Experiment was an early attempt to prepare newly freed slaves for full democratic participation in post-Civil War society. -
Hampton Institute
Hampton Institute in Virginia began as an agricultural college and Normal School for newly freed slaves -
Women Teacher's Rebellion
By the turn of the 20th century, nearly 75 percent of America's teachers were women. But women made up a far smaller percentage of administrators, and their power decreased with each higher level of authority.Not surprisingly, teachers rebelled. At least in urban districts teachers had the advantage of numbers. Cities became the centers for the teachers associations that eventually grew into unions. -
Motion picture/ kinetoscope
the beginning on one of the greatest technological advances that continued to improve into current day motion pictures that advanced the way people could be taught things. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
In 1895, the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson established the principle that public facilities -- including schools -- could be "separate but equal," therefore legalizing segregation as long as facilities were equivalent for both races. -
Americanization
Around the turn of the 20th century immigrants flooded into the United States the movement to assimilate and Americanize these foreigners took on new urgency. Especially in cities, schools were not only expected to teach English, but to instill American customs, manners mores. -
Thomas Edison
He stated that changes in technology were progressing so rapidly that he expected "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools. Scholars will soon be instructed through the eye. It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture. Our school systems will be completely changed in 10 years. -
Progressivism/ John Dewey
"How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?" -- John Dewey, Philosopher of Education, 1918 John Dewey, perhaps the most influential educational philosopher the 20th century, challenged the rigidity that characterized many American classrooms. -
The Filmstrip projector
Used to show educational films in classrooms , was widely used in classrooms until the invention of VCR's. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
The 1954 Brown suit, brought by parents in Topeka, Kansas, argued that segregated schools were inherently unequal. The Supreme Court agreed by unanimous decision. -
Overhead projector
a machine that projected the image of writing on clear film -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education
In 1969, the Swanns, an African-American family in Charlotte, North Carolina, brought suit when their children were not allowed to attend the city's white schools. In its ruling, the Supreme Court stated that all schools within a given district didn't strictly have to reflect the district's racial make-up. But, the Court argued, all-black or all-white schools must not be the result of deliberate policies of segregation -
The data projector
took signals from a video source, such as a computer or television and projects an image on a projection screen. -
current era of education
In 2001, the United States entered its current era of education accountability/reform with the institution of the No Child Left Behind law. -
(NACOL)
The North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) is established as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement of K–12 online learning. -
TeacherTube
TeacherTube was launched in 2007; similar to YouTube, it is a platform for teachers to share educational resource videos -
virtual schools
State virtual schools exist in twenty-five states by the beginning of the 2013–14 school year -
today's cell phone usage
over 90 percent of american adults use a cellular phone and 78 percent of youth between 12 and 17 are cell phone users
