Historical Timeline 1901 - 1905

By jeffreybarr

  • John Dewey’s Progressive Education Movement (Early 1900s)

    Shift towards student-centered education

  • Mary McLeod Bethune’s School for African American Girls

    The beginning of the Bethune-Cookman University

  • Binet-Simon Intelligence Test

    Genesis of the modern day IQ testing process to determine intellectual capacity

  • Smith-Hughes Act

    Law established the funding sources for vocational education -- career centered education

  • Great Depression

    The Great Depression amended the focus of education towards careers/practical skills

  • The WPA and the New Deal

    The founding of the WPA allowed for the development of trades

  • Expansion of Exceptional Student Education

    The development of a special education commission focused on the importance of differentiated instruction for persons with exceptional needs.

  • The G.I. Bill

    Provided educational sources to returning G.I. from World War II

  • The National School Lunch Act

    Established through federal law the practice of providing free and or reduced lunch for public school students. Improved attendance and nutrition for students.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    The landmark desegregation of Schools Supreme Court case