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Establish a school
Massachusetts made it law to establish a school in every town.
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Franklin and jefferson
Benjamin Franklin wanted everyone to have the opportunity to read as many books and have the opportunity to learn, so he opened the first public library. He also started a secondary school in Philadelphia open to everyone regardless of religion. Jefferson started a pubic system of education, making the first school districts, and having school not be just for the wealthy, Jefferson also established the university of Virginia. -
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Horace mann
He was the secretary of the state of board of education in Massachusetts, he worked to establish free public education for every boy and girl. the first public state supported schools were called common schools. he tried to standardize schools, establish teacher-training schools, established free libraries, increased state funding for public schools, and tried to make schools nonsectarian. -
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Progressive period
half the rural population abandoned farming, city dwellers lacked education, children education was limited due to working in factories"progressives" fought for a more democratic place.
1920, all states require children to attend elementary school.
John Dewey made classrooms more flexible and free.
Maria Montessori helped kids who had difficulty learning, developed the "Montessori Method", took care of all of a kids needs, not just educational. -
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Great deppression
families lacked money to send there kids to school with the right supplies, clothes and food. schools closed due to lack of students and funding.
Dick and jane readers taught basic reading skills like McGuffey's readers -
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WWII
veterans took advantage of GI bill to go to college.
schools being built due to rise of birth rates
National education act
foreign language programs
HW requirements
schools desegregated
behaviorism -
Baby boom teenagers
JFK
Neil Armstrong/moon landing
MLK jr.
civil rights act
secondary education act
Head start -
the 70's
desegregation and busing.
forgeign and domestic precatautions
iranian embassy holding US citizens captive
civil rights movement
little racial diversity in schools
forced integration
bilingual education
gender equity
ttile IX
activities open to all, regardless of gender
education for handicapped children act -
80's
Ronald Reagan reduces governments role in education
gap between rich and poor widened
divorce rates and single child families rose
2 income families
a nation at risk
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90's
computer revolution
education standards and accountability
NCEST
national standards
competency-based education
Goals 2000 act -
2000's
No child left behind
state standards
argued need for higher achievement
charter schools
competing in global economy
career clusters and pathways
programs of study -
A year to a decade ago (2010's)
ESSA
flexibility
equal opportunity
stregnthening career and technical education for the 21st century
perkins V