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History of Education

By cthomas001

  • First Latin Grammar School is Established

    First Latin Grammar School is Established
    First Grammar SchoolOnly sons of certain school classes attended the first grammar school.

  • Harvard Established

    Harvard Established
    Harvard at a GlanceAmerica's First Higher Education Institution

  • First book about teaching published

    First book about teaching published
    Christopher Dock High School

  • Higher Education for African Americans: Cheyney University

    Higher Education for African Americans: Cheyney University
    Cheyney University

  • Maria Montessori is born in Italy

    Maria Montessori is born in Italy

  • Lev Vygotsky is born who pioneered the Zone of Proximal Development

    Lev Vygotsky is born who pioneered the Zone of Proximal Development
    Lev Vygotsky

  • First North American Montessori School opens in New York

    First North American Montessori School opens in New York

  • Jean Piaget, Director of the International Bureau of Education

    Jean Piaget, Director of the International Bureau of Education
    Declares: "Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual."

  • Brown v. Board of Education Ruling

    Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
    "Separate but Equal" does not have a place in education.

  • Bloom's Taxonomy

    Bloom's Taxonomy
    A classification of intellectual behaviors
    Bloom's Taxonomy

  • President Eisenhower established the President's Council on Youth Fitness

    President Eisenhower established the President's Council on Youth Fitness
    The Federal Government Takes on Fitness

  • Apple 1 PCs are donated to schools

    Apple 1 PCs are donated to schools

  • Prison Budget Surpasses Education Budget

    Prison Budget Surpasses Education Budget

  • World Wide Web is used in Schools

    World Wide Web is used in Schools

  • Term: Digital Native is Coined

    Term: Digital Native is Coined
    Mark PrenskyThe role of teacher and student changes

  • Grutter V. Bollinger: UofM Affirmitive Action is Upheld

    Grutter V. Bollinger: UofM Affirmitive Action is Upheld
    Grutter v. Bollinger

  • Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)

    Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
    IDEA

  • Youtube Created

    Youtube Created
    YouTube-Broadcast Yourself

  • Common Core State Standards Adoption

    Common Core State Standards Adoption
    Standards created as a result of collaboration of educators, politicians, experts, and administrators to prepare students for college and the workforce.
    CCSS

  • Alabama becomes first state to require check on student's immigration status upon enrollment

    Alabama becomes first state to require check on student's immigration status upon enrollment
    Gripped by Uncertainty

  • First Female Academy Opens

    First Female Academy Opens
    The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia
    "There are several circumstances in the situation, employments, and duties of women, in America, which require a peculiar mode of education."

  • Republican Candidate, Mitt Romney, attacks teacher unions

    Republican Candidate, Mitt Romney, attacks teacher unions
    "National Education Emergency"

  • The SAT is administered

    The SAT is administered
    It is based on Army Alpha (mental test)
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/where/history.html

  • First Integrated Prom at Montgomery County High School in Georgia

    First Integrated Prom at Montgomery County High School in Georgia
    A Prom DividedTime; Last Dance

  • A Blueprint for Reform

    A Blueprint for Reform
    Obama Adminstration's Education Reform Plan...The Obama administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) .