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Comparable to the secondary schools of today. Patterned after the classical schools of Europe.
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Viewed by some as the first school law in the colonies. This law was the first which mandated education.
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Also known as the Deluder Satan Act. (Because education was seen as the best protection against the wiles of the devil), mandated the establishment and support of schools.
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The first African American and Native American was started in New York City
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Franklin desined and promoted the Philadelphia Academy, a private secondary school which opened in 1751. This school had a broader curriculum and replaced the old Latin Grammar School.
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He propesed a bill to the Virginia legislature in 1779 for schools that would teach 3 years of reading writing and arithmitic to all white students at no cost.
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Horace Mann, created the Common School around the "three R's" Reading, writing, and arithmetic. It was strongly structured around the Bible.
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The first college for women in the United States.
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Douglas was the first literate African American. He was a run away slave who found a home in New York. The first African American abolitionist
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The first state funded school for teacher education opened in Lexington, Massachussetts.
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The state began the funding of a private school for children with intellectual disabilities.
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Now known as the National Educators Association. It was founded by 43 educators in Philadelphia.
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In the south, three thousand schools were built for freed people. The Bureau's task was to help the Southern blacks and whites make the transition from slavery to freedom.
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Was established in order to help states establish successful school systems.
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Established by Jane Addams in Chicago, Illinois as a place of education for immigrants.
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It provides for the "more complete endowment and support of the colleges" through the sale of public lands, Part of this funding leads to the creation of 16 historically black colleges.
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Formed by the NEA in order to establish a secondary school curriculum more suited to prepare students for college/universities.
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Founded to ensure and promote U.S. colleges and universities are up to par with their European counterparts.
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These laws stated the minimum and maximum age of students that are required to attend schools. They also appointed penalties for those who did not follow this law.
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Established a system of cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities and provides federal funds for extension activities.
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The organization was founded with the goal of reforming American education.
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This court case became the first successful school desegregation in the United States. It also stopped the district from placing Mexican immigrants in an "Americanization School."
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Thia was a means of repaying the veterens of the US Armed forces by offering them money to attend institutions of higher education, following their return from WWII.
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Nine African American students were integrated into an all white school. This caused rioting and extreme violence which required the assistance of government officials in order to keep the students and their families safe.
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The USSR launched the first satellite. This put the US in a hurry to educate more students in the STEM field.
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African American students became tired of their inferior school systems and pushed to end "Seperate but Equal."
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This law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rules in a 5-4 decision that Texas law denying access to public education for undocumented school-age children violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling also found that school districts cannot charge tuition fees for the education of these children.
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is enacted to provide services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students.
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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), is a United States Act of Congress provided help for disadvantaged students.NCLB supports standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. This Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills and to get funded after tests.
