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History of American Education

By amkupilik
  • Jefferson drafts a proposal that guarantees 3 years of public education for citizens

    Jefferson drafts a proposal that guarantees 3 years of public education for citizens

    Thomas Jefferson advocated for a system of schools supported by the public through taxation that would be open to all. It wasn't until 1840 that this began to take effect. Education was not a guaranteed right of the constitution.
  • Average Cost Per Pupil - $2.81

    Average Cost Per Pupil - $2.81

  • Horace Mann finds inequity in school system

    Horace Mann finds inequity in school system

  • The Great School Debates in New York

  • Philadelphia Bible Riots

    Philadelphia Bible Riots

    Education became a platform for religious freedom and reform as various religions sought to prevent the indoctrination fo their children by the dominant protestant religion.

  • Petition to end segregation in Boston Schools

  • Average Cost Per Pupil - $4.80

    Average Cost Per Pupil - $4.80

  • Public School Expenditures - $63 million

    Public School Expenditures - $63 million

  • Enrollment - $7.6 million

    Enrollment - $7.6 million

  • Public School Expenditures - $141 million

    Public School Expenditures - $141 million

  • Enrollment - $12.7 million

    Enrollment - $12.7 million

  • Seperate but Equal - Upheld

  • 50% of children enrolled

    50% of children enrolled

    average schooling is 5 years
  • 2 million working children not attending school

    2 million working children not attending school

  • English Only Movement

  • 1920's Career Tracking

  • 72% of disabled children are not in school

    72% of disabled children are not in school

  • 13.7% - African Americans Graduating High School

    13.7% - African Americans Graduating High School

  • Women with medical or law degrees - .95%

    Women with medical or law degrees - .95%

  • 3 out of 5 students graduate and 50% go on to college

    Inequalities in education are masked
  • Brown vs. The Board of Education

    Brown vs. The Board of Education

  • National Defense Education Act

    National Defense Education Act

    100 million annually in funds. Math and science emphasis as a result of the sapce race.
  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Finally puts teeth to Brown V Board of Ed. Federal funding can be withheld if states and districts don't abide by the law.

  • 78% of Mexican Americans drop out by 8th grade

  • Title IX Ratified

    Title IX Ratified

  • 51.4% - African Americans Graduating High School

    51.4% - African Americans Graduating High School

  • Women with medical or law degrees - 30%

    Women with medical or law degrees - 30%

  • 85% Graduation Rate with almost all children enrolled

    85% Graduation Rate with almost all children enrolled

  • Era of High Stakes Testing

    1980's began with a proclaimed crisis in education that resulted in standardized tests.

  • A Nation At Risk

    So called crisis in education shifted focus from preparation for citizenship and democracy to business preparation.

  • Vouchers - introduced in Wisconsin for private non-religious schools

  • No Child Left Behind - Proposed

    No Child Left Behind - Proposed

    signed into law on January 8, 2002