History of Education 1900's to Present

By AllisonLowry:)
  • The Association of American Universities

    The Association of American Universities

    This was founded to put U.S. universities equal to their European correspondents.

  • Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

    This was made for teachers to uphold and dignify their jobs and the cause of higher education.

  • The First Junior High School

    The Columbus Ohio school boards came up with the idea of junior high schools to improve learning and graduation rates. It was the Indianola Junior High School.
  • Boy Scouts of America

    Boy Scouts of America

    The creation of boy scouts was established. Girl scouts are more important later on.
  • The First Montessori School in the U.S.

    The First Montessori School in the U.S.

    The first Montessori school was founded in Tarrytown, New York.

  • The Smith-Lever Act

    This connected cooperative extension services to land-grant universities. It also gives federal funds for extension activities.

  • Democracy and Education. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education.

    This is one of the books that John Dewey published. This was made to help the ideas for the "progressive education movement" and also helped schools become effective in democracy.
  • The Progressive Education Association

    The Progressive Education Association

    The goal of this was to rebuild American Education.
  • Women's Voting Rights

    Women's Voting Rights

    The 19th amendment was signed and allowed women to have the right of voting. This improved the education of women and their knowledge in politics.

  • The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

    This is the test for most high schoolers and it is based on the Army Alpha test.

  • Stock Market Crash

    The Great Depression was a result of this and the U.S. economy declined dramatically. Schools were closing and there wasn't enough funding for public education.
  • The U.S. Enters WWII

    The U.S. Enters WWII

    The countries funding and resources mainly went towards the war and education was not their first priority.

  • The Presidents Commission on Higher Education

    A lot of veterans were returning to college due to the war being complete. This is to reexamine colleges in the U.S. after the war.
  • National School Lunch Act

    National School Lunch Act

    It recognized the need for a school lunch program.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    This event stressed that separate educational organizations were unequal. This was a major leap to the equality of the education in the U.S.
  • The Clinton 12

    The Clinton 12

    In Clinton, Tennessee, twelve African American students integrated Clinton High School.
  • ACT

    ACT

    The first ACT was supervised.

  • Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act turns into a law so discrimination based on race, color, gender, or religion is restricted.

  • National Association of Bilingual Education

    This association was established in 1975 along with the Education of All Handicapped Children Act.
  • COVID-19

    COVID-19

    This is a worldwide pandemic that has caused schools to go online and students were not able to attend schools.