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First Education Laws
More InfoThe First Education LawsEvery township of 50 households had to provied a teacher to teach reading and writing. All townships with 100 houseolds or more had to establish a grammar school. This demonstrates the importance of education to the Puritans. -
Impact of Jefferson, Rush and Webster
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Thomas Jefferson advocated that elementary schools should be supported by taxes. Benjamin Rush agreed that public schools should be a priority. He also thought that education for women was important. Webster was the founder of <'American English'. He was also pro education for women. -
Impact of Horrace Mann
First secretary of the board of education in Massechusetts. He was very involved with the common schools. He even went around to each school to get the full assesment -
Common Schools
These schools started by Horace Mann. He wanted them to be nonsectarian and a place the would learn Reading, Writing and Arithmetic -
Monitorial Schools, Charity Schools and Infant Schools
These types of schools were to give poor children the opportunity to attend school. These schools were intended to give them some basic education.and help socialize children -
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Progressive Reform Movement
This was a push to improve schools. To make them more sanitary, rid them of political corruption, improved efficiency appropriate curriculum that is activity based -
Commitee of Ten
This was one of the first efforts to standardize curriculum. It was made up of mostly representatives of higher education. -
Impact of John Dewey
More Info on John Dewey John Dewey was the 'Real Spokesman for Intellectual America in the Progressive Era". He thought that curriculums should be child centered and not subject centered. He thought that childrent learned through experience and problem solving. He also thought it was important to focus on the social, emotional and physical needs of a child as well as their intellectual needs. -
Population Grown and Immigration in the 19th Century
(1900-1920)
Cities were growing. Industrialization was as well. There was lots of immigration. -
Secondary School Movement
(1910-1950)
Massechusets was the first state requiring secondary school. With the population growth the need for secondary education grew. Publicly supported high school relplaced academies. It decreased the illiteracy rate. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This was a very important Supreme Court case, where the Court declared that seperate but equal, was not in fact equal. It desegregated schools and was a major even in the Civil Rights movement.
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Sputnik and the NDEA
The NDEA was put in place to create more funding specifically for math, science and foreign languages. It was sparked by the Cold War and the Russian's success with Sputnik. This also se the stage for the governments increased involvement in education. More Info -
The Impact of the War on Poverty
This act established many programs in order to fight against poverty. Programs included low-income housing, improved healthcare, welfare services, job retraining, Head Start and improving inner-city schools, among other things. It also provided low-cost college loans. War on Poverty -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Provided money for low-income families. Library resources and textbooks. Educational centers. Educational Research and stregthening the Department of Education. -
A Nation at Risk Report
The publication of this report publicized that American schools were failing. It stated there was a rising tide of mediocrity. It was the jump start of the Educational Reform of te 1980's -
No Child Left Behind Act
More InfoThis plan focussed on helping struggling students. The states were to develop standards for math and reading. Schools were to test students at least annualy. Teachers must become 'Highly Qualified' through trainings and tests. -
Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
Title VI prohibits discrimination. There was also money for the schools who were trying to desegregate. Also not allowed to discrimnate based on gender or spoken language.
