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Colonial Education and the First Compulsory Laws
TOP 5 In Colonial America, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, passed an act that large enough towns and cities had to have schools for children. They were taught mainly about the religion and had Bible Study. School was compulsory for children. These affects can still be seen today, since school continues to be compulsory for for all Children. More information can be found here: http://education.findlaw.com/education-options/compulsory-education-laws-background.html -
Thomas Jefferson's Proposal for Public Education for All
Jefferson proposes that every child is guaranteed 3 years of public education in order to become a good citizen who is able to read and write. -
Noah Webster's Blue Back Speller
After Noah Webster eliminates British textbooks, he wrote his own textbook that promoted a new national language that became the American way of reading and writing. -
The Northwest Land Ordinance of 1785
This ordinance helped move Americans westward, setting up cities, and building schools as an incentive for people to live there. This created a huge demand for teachers, which resulted in women entering the workforce as teachers. -
Horace Mann's Proposal for Common Schools
Mann creates a free school system for rich and poor children. It is the equalizer of conditions, and is completely funded by taxes. Started the idea of standardization. -
Irish Immigration and Church School Debates in NY
Since most schools were protestant schools, the Irish felt they needed catholic school's and required funding, and therefore all religious sects rallied for their own funding for the government. Helped to create Catholic school's-the largest alternative to traditional schools. -
Sarah C. Roberts v. The City of Boston
Ben Roberts tried to enroll his daughter into a white school that was closer to their house and was denied. He then took it to court and failed. A few year later, it helped to pass a low that abolished segregation in school's in Massachusetts, and set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education. -
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Immigration Boom
Some 3 million children immigrated to America looking to fulfill the American dream in schools. -
Gary Plan
The Gary Plan was created to efficiently use the school facilities, and increasing efficiency in manufacturing. This plan steered away from the 3R's and incorporated vocational education. While it received a lot of backlash, this plan can still be seen in school's today with the adoption of CTE classes, vocational schools, and art curriculum. More Info can be found at:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gary-Plan -
State Laws That Banned Child Labor
The last state finally made attendance compulsory, and banned child labor in an effort to get students back into the classroom and out of the factories. -
The Impact of John Dewey
John Dewey helped launch progressive education reform in schools, by producing his book "The Society and School." -
Brown V. Board of Education
TOP 5 The supreme court unanimously agrees that segregated schools are unequal and must be abolished, after the 'separate but equal" (Plessy vs. Ferguson) clause was instituted. This decision completely impacts education today, because there is no such thing as segregation in today's schools, and banned it once and for all. More information can be found at:http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
TOP 5 This act helped, and continues to help shorten in the education gaps in reading, writing, and math between low-income and middle-class. This was so influential because it helped pave the way for No Child Left Behind, and ESSA. It also brought the federal government into the classrooms a bit more, and created the title programs for schools. More information can be found at:http://educationpost.org/issues/taking-responsibility/esea-reauthorization/abcs-esea-child-left-behind/ -
Individuals With Disabilities Act
This act helped students with a disability receive education. It boosted public funding for accommodations in public schools. Although it helped to change the view of disabilities not being a deficit in the classroom, it made it harder on teachers. This impact our education system today, because without this act in place, disabled students would have a harder time receiving and education and finding a place in the classroom. More info can be found athttp://idea.ed.gov/ -
A Nation at Risk
After falling in to mediocracy this, report helped to ignite the fire to reform the education system at that time. This impacts today's education system because it helped to create competition among schools, set up standardized tests, cut funding to schools that weren't doing well on tests, there was was a computer science, and math push in schools, as well as a push for longer school days and years.http://neatoday.org/2013/04/25/a-nation-at-risk-turns-30-where-did-it-take-us-2/
