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History Timeline
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Education in the Colonial Period
MOST IMPORTANT
Sometimes, this earliest form of education was only for males. Often times they would study the bible as a mian source of literature and schollary work. Education was rough and not yet defined during this period of time. Students could be punished for chewing their nails, and were called "bite finger babies", or even a dunce. It was tough sledding for this era of education, there was no one to replicate in regards to understand the right or wrong way to teach. -
Common Schools
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Common schools were founded by Horace Mann. In these schools, students were taught, reading, writing, arithmetic, math, history, and geography. At first these schools were not religiously affiliated, however, they soon became tied in with the Protestant's teachings. Horace Mann was involved in many fierce debates as he laid down the ground work for his education. Common schools were the first of their kind, they had to fight the uphill battles of new educational ideas. -
Impact of John Dewey
John Dewey was an inspiration thinker for education and philosophy. Dewey is widely known for his Progressive education model, which emphasizes on doing. He also believed in a child centered approach where the voice of the student had a meaning as well. Teachers needed to realize that what they taught had to be functional for a student. -
Committee of Ten
This committee was established because they realized there needed to be a group of people that acted as a heirarchy that thoughtfully hashed out tough questions. Inititally 11 important questions were preposed to that group to get them started. After that, they took recommendations and did their best to solve the problems presented to them in regards to education. -
Populatin Growth and Immigration
Better health technology, the industrial revolution, and the good ol' laws of exponential growth from immigration packed new familes and students into America like sardines. This helped to cause a push for education reform and new standards. This era of time was very hectic and ideas were contrasted between youth working and youth getting an education. -
Secondary School Movement
There was a quiet and yet cognitive knowing that a push for secondary education needed to be applied. During the time span from 1910 to 1940. Studeies done in small rural towns in Iowa showed that a lack of secondary education resulted in many declined opportunities. By applying a push for secondary education, people can broaden their choices and overall make more money. -
Impact of WW2
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World war 2 send many ripples throught out the nation. One of those ripples hit the education of America. Some of the impacts of world war two included: More babies/students as a result from the war. More opportunity for females in the educational work place. A drive for students to be proficcient in their work as a back bone of support for America's defense. Also, minor changes and reforms in education happened. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
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There was a large span of time when it was considered consitutional to have blacks and whites segregated in the context of education. In 1954, the supreme court ruled that it was unconsitutional to be segregated and banned segregation by color of skin. The years to come were still rough, many conflicts arose because it was hard to implement. Over time, the roads were paved leading into todays day and age. -
Sputnik
The Russians were the first to launch into space. This made the United State feel threatened and obselete. In turn, this derived into education. An emphasis on math and science was implemented. Longer school days and more in depth teaching were applied in classrooms all across the United State. This was a step to help the USA feel superior again -
ESEA
LBJ administration poured funding into making education equal for every child. Each child was to get an equal share in the education system, regardless of outside socioeconomic status. ESEA gets looked at and revised every 5 years. President Bush's no child left behind has put a permanent mark on ESEA -
The Civil Rights movement and the war on poverty
When this movement first began in 1964 it covered employers and labor unions and did not apply to educational institutions until 1972. Since it was ammended it was employed by educators to challenge discriminatory practices in schools. -
IDEA
This act gave fair opportunity for students with disabilities. Of course, more funding and teaching was provided to allow less fortunate students to succeed. IDEA corrolates with NCLB. The plan is to try harder, use the resources and funds that were passed down from the act, and give students with disabilities a fighting chance. -
A nation at risk report
From this report, it said that America's education program was failing. Ronald Raegan's National Commission on Excellence and Education took to reform the program by force to make ammends. WIth the collaboration of state, federal, and local reforms. America's education problems seemed to be temporarily fixed. -
NCLB
MOST IMPORTANT
In 2002, President Bush Jr. signed No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This act helped implement a plan for student success in grades k-12. This was a federally issue which was signed in order to redue the gap for disadvantaged and minority students. It was structured off of four principles. There was to be more accountability for result, increased local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that were proven in the classroom. -
Growth of Standardized Testing
No Child Left Behind demanded a growth for standardized testing. As of now, it is the questionable and only way that students and teachers are being evaluated for success. The push for standardized testing is a broad and highly debated topic because of its unnatural expecations for some types of students.
