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The Association of American Universities is founded to promote higher standards and put U.S. universities on an equal footing with their European counterparts.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is founded.
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Louis M. Terman and his team of Stanford University graduate students complete an American version of the Binet-Simon Scale.
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Tennessee vs. John Scopes captures national attention as John Scopes, a high school biology teacher, is charged with the heinous crime of teaching evolution, which is in violation of the Butler Act, The trial ends in Scopes' conviction.
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Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove District becomes the first successful school desegregation court case in the United States, as the local court forbids the school district from placing Mexican-American children in a separate "Americanization" school.
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World War II ends on August 15 with victory over Japan.
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Public Law 81-740 grants a federal charter to the FFA and recognizes it as an integral part of the program of vocational agriculture.
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First grader Ruby Bridges is the first African American to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
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The National Association of Bilingual Education is founded.
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In the case of Wallace v, Jaffree, the U.S. Supreme Court finds that Alabama statutes authorizing silent prayer and teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools violate the First Amendment.
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Teach for America is formed, reestablishing the idea of a National Teachers Corps.
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Minnesota passes the first "charter school" law.
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In yet another case regarding school prayer dent-led prayer prior to football games violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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With the U.S. economy mired in the "great recession" and unemployment remaining high, states have massive budget deficits. Many teachers face layoffs.
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Sylvia Mendez, whose parents were lead plaintiffs in the historic civil rights case, Mendez vs. Westminster and the California Board of Education, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 16th..
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The School District of Philadelphia announces on June 7 that it will cut nearly 4000 employees, including 676 teachers as well as many administrators and guidance counselors.
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On August 21, a federal judge in Texas signs a temporary injunction allowing schools to opt out of the above transgender bathroom directive.
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February 22: President Donald Trump rescinds the Obama administration's controversial transgender bathroom directive. The issue may eventually be decided by the courts.
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A federal judge orders the U.S. Department of Education to forgive the student loan debt of about 15,000 students who attended for-profit schools that are no longer in business.
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Los Angeles teachers return to work after a deal is reached ending their six-day strike.
