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First Education Laws
This Act required parents and the schoolmaster to teach students to know principles of religion and capital laws of commonwealth. -
First Laws of Education Cont.
Towns over fifty had to hire a schoolmaster to teach reading and writing -
Jefferson's View of Education
Jefferson thought schools should be at least 3 years for all, and then advanced learning for a select few. "Public education essential to democracy". -
First Textbook
About Noah WebsterFirst textbook created called, "Blue-Backed Speller". Changed education. All about teaching about America. This is important even today because it led the way to teaching to Americans and not just to certain religions. Broke ground to the textbooks we have today. -
Horace Mann becomes part of Education Board
BiographyHorace Mann created the Common Schools and played a very important role in the reform of education. He was the Secretary of the Board of Education. -
Brown VS Board of Education
The Story of it allSarah Brown walked passed a few white schools before going to her own. Court case about integrating schools because the "seperate but equal" law was not equal, only seperate. This is important today because of the segregation and integration that needed to happen in this country. Also, showed that all schools need to be updated and all students deserve the best education, no matter the race. -
The Gary Plan
Gary PlanThe Gary Plan was all about "Work, Play and Study". Keeps students busy in rich school experience. Keep students in motion and involved in interests. This impacts today because we know now that even after research, that keeping students moving and interested keeps their brains open and uses all parts of their brains. -
Real integration into white schools
Integration was not easily made even from the law being passed in Brown VS Board of Education. Now facilities are really seen to be unequal and integration is made into a law that will be enforced. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Disadvantaged students are all over the country. Over $4 million is put into educational funding. These funds were being cut if schools did not integrate. With money invovled, the south especially, the states gave way to integration in schools. -
IDEA
IDEADisabled students are now able to have free public education and in a nonrestrictive environment. This is important because the disabled need education too, and now disabled or not all children are open to free public education. -
A Nation at Risk
"Education is being undermined by mediocracy." Students learning things that have no use to college learning or cititzenship. Students don't know everything they should. This would be terrible if a different country were putting us through this, but we are doing this to ourselves. -
Choice Schools
Schools are made for choices to be made about what types of education their students can obtain. Parents don't need to send students to local schools unless that is their choice. Allowed competition in all schools to get scores raised and to get funding.
