Gray.M Chapter 4 Timeline

By grayday96

  • Jamestown Established

    First permanent English settlement in North America
  • Period: to

    The Colonial Period

  • Harvard College Founded

    First higher education institution in what is now the United States

  • Massachusetts Act of 1647

    Required every town of 50 or more to hire a teacher for reading and writing.
  • Period: to

    The National Period

  • Land Ordinance of 1785

    Divided land into townships consisting of thirty-six one-square-mile sections, with the income from one section reserved for the maintanence of public education.

  • U.S. Constitution Adopted

    The establishment clause of the first ammendment sets up the principle of the "separation of church and state"
  • Period: to

    The Common School Movement

  • School Attendance Law of 1852

    One of many contributions made by Horace Mann in his educational reforms. Made public school in Massachusetts compulsory and readily available

  • 50% of American children enrolled in public schools

  • Committee of Ten

    Formed by the National Education Association to establish a standard secondary school curriculum, the Committee of Ten, recommends a college-oriented high school curriculum.

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Separate but equal policy deemed constitutional and applied to education

  • First Junior High School Opened

  • The Seven Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

    Broadened the high school curriculum to include basic skills, such as reading and math, together with vocational education, personal health, worthy home membership, civic education, effective use of leisure time, and ethical character.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

    Plessy vs. Ferguson decision overturned. Separate but equal policy deemed unconstitutional. Applies to public education

  • Handheld Calculator introduced

  • Indian Education Act

    Establishes Office of Indian Education.