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The Colonial period
Colonial America
The first english settlement was in 1607. colonists who came to the new world wwere filled with religeon which impacted education. Puritans tried to follow English practive by relying on private benefactors to fund education. -
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Jefferson, Rush & Webster
Thomas Jefferson made a great impact on the American Education. He made a bill for more generalized diffusion. Rush, a professor at Philedelphia college, established a system of schools. Webster created a spelling book making the english language what it is now. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann bio
Horace Mann was known as "The Father of American Education". He was the spokesperson for common schools. He campagned to increase public support for education and public awareness. He improved textbooks and equipment and fought for professional training for teachers. -
Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th century
Between 1830-1860, American had a large population growth. Territory was added to America. It went from 13 million to 32 million. Many people were coming from Ireland, Gemany, and Europe. The industry was growing largly. -
Common Schools
During this time education systems began to take form. State stystems were established. Common Schools were controlled by the state and funded by taxes -
John Dewey
John Dewey was a professor at the University of Chicago. He rejected old subject centered curriculum. His goal of education was to promote individual growth, and consider emotional, social, and physical needs of a child. -
Committee of Ten
The need to assimilate children placed pressure on schools. In an effort to standardize the curriculum, the committee of ten was established. Each member was to meat certain qualifications. -
The Gary Plan
Superintendent, William Wirt of Gary Indiana. The Gary Plan was a plan to make more efficient use of school facilities, a reform of the Progressive Movement that was widely adopted in other cities. -
World War ll
World War ll greatly impacted education. Many teachers left classes for battle and student enrollment dropped. Financial support for education was low. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs Board of EducationBrown bs Board of education was a major event in time, it was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.It marked the beginning of the civil rights movement. -
The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights MovementPrinciples of the civil rights movement applied to rights of woman, racial groups, ethnic groups, aged and disabled people. The civil rights movement was a mass popular movement. It secured for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. -
Sputnik and NDEA
Sputnik was the first artificial sattelite launched by the soviet union. It confirmed a fear in America that the U.S was loosing the cold war because of a shortage o teachers, engineers and students in schools. The NDEA sponsored efforts to revise the curriculum and revise math, chemistry, and grammer. -
Growth of Standardized testing
Standardized testing is the most commonly used and well known method of testing. -
Individuals with disabilities in education Act / IDEA
IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a 4 piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with Free Appropriate Public Education. Their education is tailored to their individual needs. It requires schools to provide these needs and services to each student -
No Child left Behind
No Child Left Behind ActThe No Child Left Behind Act required that all states have deceloped standards for what every child should know and learn in math and reading. Students must be tested anually to determine their proress in meeting the standards. It was replaced by the "Every student succeeds Act" in 2015
