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Private elementary schools taught by women inside their homes. Young girls were mostly taught basic household chores at these schools
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First school in Boston. Only for upper class white males. They studied reading, writing, arithmetic, Latin, Greek, and religion
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Legislative acts enacted in Massachusetts Bay Colony
1642: requiring parents and masters see to it that their children knew the principles of religion & capital laws of common wealth
1647: (Old Deluder Satan Act) Towns of 50+ families must hire a schoolmaster to teach the local children -
Required towns of certain sizes (50+ families) to hire a schoolmaster to teach the local children.
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First edition published between 1687-1690 by Benjamin Harris. Contained, the alphabet, religious content, moral lessons, and was made with thin sheets of horn
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Father of liberalism, social contract theory
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First reading primer designed for American colonies; became most successful education textbook
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Published German Metaphysics, Rational Thoughts on God, World, Human Soul, and All Things in General.
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Formed the first subscription library in the U.S.
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Wrote "Die Abendstunde eines Linsiedlers," (“The Evening Hour of a Hermit.") explaining his educational theory and that education must be according to nature.
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First person to write a dictionary
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Articles 3-12 ratified; became first 10 amendments in the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights
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First public high school in America
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Catherine and her sister founded a school for women.
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Book for grades 1st-6th. These books focused less on religion and more on school subject such as math and reading
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Wrote the series McGuffey Readers, he had very little former education.
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was elected to act as Secretary of the newly-created Massachusetts Board of Education he used his position to enact major educational reform.
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German educator that founded first Kindergarten (children's garden)
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Founded 1837. First member of the seven sister colleges, first women's college.
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Established June 1837, by John Poor. First chartered institution for higher education for women.
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was a British physician, she was the first woman in America to receive a medical degree
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"Children's Garden" A foundation before formal education. First kindergarten in the United States was in Wisconsin
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The Largest Professional interest group in the United States.
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created the first kindergarden in America
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Donated public lands to several places that might provide colleges on agriculture and/or mechanics
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Abraham Lincoln created it to concern people with the preservation of the union instead of abolishing slavery altogether.
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Completely abolished slavery and indentured servitude; all were free.
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Making it true that if a person is born in the United States, they are automatically granted citizenship.
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Progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
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was an American educator, became the first African-American leader of the Tuskegee Institute.
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Upheld segregation laws being constitutional as long as both facilities were equal in quality. "Separate but equal".
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invented the first IQ test
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Created the first Children's House in San Lorenzo
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Wrote "Democracy and Education" and was a philosopher, social reformer and educator. Main tactic in teaching is democracy. Believed people learn better when using hands-on activities.
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Act by U.S. Congress that promoted vocational education in agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking while providing federal funds.
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Promoted vocational education in agriculture, industry, & homemaking
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Soviet phsycologist who founded the Human Cultural Development theory.
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a Swiss phycologist who pioneered child development, had a theory called "Cognitive Development"
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AKA: Servicemen's Readjustment Act
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This was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War 11 veterans. The goal of this was to provide immediate rewards for all veterans.
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Providing free and reduced lunches to those qualifying through subsidies (government money) to schools
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Provided low cost or free school lunch meals to students who need it
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This court case made it unconstitutional to have segregated schools. Was held in Topeka, KS.
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An American phsycologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives, and the mastery of learning.
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Provided funding to education institutions
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Providing funding to U.S. education institutes of all levels.
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was the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school.
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advocator of Progressive education,and wrote over 30 books. He started the 1960s Open School Movement.
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Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination (gender, religion, race, ethnicity, etc).
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Providing funds for primary and secondary education emphasizing high standards and accountability.
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This emphasized equal access to education
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This recognized the needs of limited English speaking students
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AKA: Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Policies and programs designed to help students with limited English speaking abilities (LESA) to use both their native language and the English language. -
American educator who developed a model for teaching
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Legislation that established a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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This established a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian students
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This was a law that prohibits discrimination on basis of sex
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Comprehensive federal law that prohibited any type of discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
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Requires affirmative action in employment by the federal government and prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
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Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, programs receiving federal financial assistance, federal employment, etc.
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Supreme Court struck down a state statue denying funding for education to illegal alien children and municipal school district's attempt to charge each illegal alien students $1000 a year as a tuition fee to compensate the lost state funding.
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This denied funding for education to illegal alien children
