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Education in the Colonial Period
MOST IMPORTANT
Education for the early America was not a mandatory thing. Being rich or poor determined whether you got any education or paid for Dames School to get a better education. This was important because it gives us an idea of how we started out as a country and have grown to the education we have now. https://fee.org/articles/education-in-colonial-america/ -
Common Schools
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Beginning in 1837, Horace Mann created schools that would give every student, rich or poor, an equal opportunity to get an education that was entirely funded by taxes, called common schools. Common schools were the beginning of the public schools system in America. The schools were free and of high quality. https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/horace.html -
The Impact of Horace Mann
As the first secretary of the countries Board of Education, Horace Mann created the common school system to provide an equal chance at education for everyone. -
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The Impact of John Dewey
John Dewey was a psychologist and philosopher from Vermont who came up with the theory of progressive education. Progressive education focuses on the way people learn by doing hands on activities and lessons. -
Growth of Education after the Civil War
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After the Civil War, all of the slaves were freed and allowed to go to school. Education was now allowed for all children so they needed more people to teach them creating more jobs for the people in the education field. The literacy rate went from 5% to 75% for African Americans in a decade. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section2/section2_school.html -
Committee of Ten
Educators that believed education needed to become more standardized. They believed it was important as a community to have the same common type of knowledge to connect the people of the town. -
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Secondary School Movement
As the industrial revolution began to spread around the country, elementary schools were not enough to educate the people of America. Going to secondary school meant a better chance at a good life. -
The Impact of World War 2
Money from schools was going toward stabilizing those who just came home from war causing school quality to drop. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Court declared that "separate but equal" was not equal at all creating integration in schools throughout the country. -
Sputnik and NDEA
NDEA (National Defense Education Act) was an act started to help encourage citizens to go into more science and technology related fields. With Sputnik being the first satellite launched by the Soviet Union, the U.S. was worried that they were falling behind in the space race. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act was used to provide low income areas get textbooks, books and receive better quality schooling. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act
MOST IMPORTANT
This act requires that schools provide education to students with mental and physical disabilities. Students deserve an education no matter the situation and they deserve to be heard. Services are there for free to students and parents to help advance the students. https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/basics-about-childs-rights/individuals-with-disabilities-education-act-idea-what-you-need-to-know -
A Nation at Risk Report
With this report, it showed America's schools were failing at teaching people to become competitive and effective in the workforce creating a push to improve the schooling. -
The Standards Movement
MOST IMPORTANT
The standards movement was a way to set clear education goals for schools across the U.S. After the Sputnik launch and A Nation at Risk, Americans needed a way to regulate the academic performance of students going through their school system. To this day we use standards to set a basic alignment as to what we teach and learn as we go through schooling. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2445/Standards-Movement-in-American-Education.html -
No Child Left Behind Act, 2001
This act was put together to lessen the education gap between the poor and minorities of America.
