History of Education

By zachoffman

  • First Free School

    The first "free school" in Virginia opens at Jamestown (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).
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    Offered Courses

    At first schools did not offer the subjects we do today like math, science, and history. Instead they focused a lot on religion and family. This althogh now has changed greatly (The History of Education in America. (2018, August 21.)

  • Harvard College

    Harvard College is the first higher education institution built in the United States (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Evening School

    An evening school for working children is established in New Amsterdam for kids who work during day (The History of Education in America. (2018, August 21.)

  • First Library

    The first publicly supported library in the U.S. is established in Charles Town, South Carolina (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Ladies Academy

    The young ladies academy opened in Philadelphia, which was the first academy for girls in the 13 colonies (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Blackboard

    James Pillians creates first modern blackboard for teachers to write on (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Disabled School

    The very first school for children with mental disabilities opens up in Massachusetts (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Birth of Teachers' Union

    Teachers Union was created to give teachers a united front to stand on (Timeline: Moments that Changed Public Education. (2019).

  • Free Public Schools

    All states create laws that make school mandatory for children through elementary school (Timeline: Moments that Changed Public Education. (2019).

  • Pierce vs Society of Sister

    This case rules that children can not be forced to attend public schools but also can have private school (Timeline: Moments that Changed Public Education. (2019).

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    School segregation ended after the Brown vs Board of Education case, where the Supreme Court prohibited segregation in schools.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Federal troops enforces integration into school at Central High (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Banned Prayers

    U. S. Supreme Court rules that the state of New York's Regents prayer violates the First Amendment (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Title IX

    This prohibited gender discrimination in schools allowing girls to be involved in activities (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • EAHCA

    The Education for All Handicapped Children was passed by US Congress, this allowed impaired students to attend school like others (American Educational History: A Hypertext Timeline. (2019).

  • Microcomputers

    During the 1980s microcomputers became affordable enough for all schools to be able to use them in classrooms. These were a huge stepping stone for teachers and helped them teach material differently(pg. 187).

  • Students Need Computer Knowledge

    There was a report made that demanded that students are taught about computers and how to use them in their daily lives. As this happened kids and other started to take interest in the technology (pg. 190).
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    New Technology

    The 20th Century has provided us with countless advancements to the school system. Some items include the overhead projector and televison for children (pg. 187).
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    No Child Left Behind

    President George Bush signs an act that demands students must be literate by the time they reach high school. This helped insure no students would be to far behind the rest (pg.190).
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    New Communication

    Over the years, email has been used more and more. They have increased from 12 billion to 247 billion a day. This is used by teachers and students a lot (pg. 188).
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    Social Network

    The total number of teens using this is at an all time high. In just over 6 years the number of users has increased nearly 30% back in 2012.

  • NTEP

    This continued to reinforce teaching technology in school to make education better and more up to date (pg.190).

  • TPACK

    This is something that helps enhance learning for students. It help make sense of content, pedagogy, and technology all that deal with teaching.
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    Handheld Technology

    New handheld technology now enables teachers to support students with special needs such as ADHD with new apps created.