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In the colonial period children who were in the upper class received an education. School prepared children to work in the plantation.
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Benamin Rush pushed for a system of free schools. Noah Webster created the Webster Spelling Book. Thomas Jefferson was spokesperson for public schools.
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This movement offered education beyond elementary school.
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"Father of American Education." Mann increased pubic support for education and public awareness of the problems that education was facing. Mann was concerned about the status of the teaching profession and the training of teachers. Mann believed that education was a right for every child. It is the state's responsibility to make sure every child was provided an education. http://www.biography.com/people/horace-mann-9397522#synopsis
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Millions of new families immigrated to America from Ireland, Germany, and southern Europe. As America was growing it became very urban.
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The committee of ten worked to standardize America's high school curriculum.
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Education Reformers called for curricular and administrative reform. Made schools more sanitary, open to air and sunlight, and encouraged creative activity.
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John Dewey was a leader during the progressive movement.
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The Brown vs. Board of Education case made separate but equal school unconstitutional. This event was important for America because it started the Civil Rights Act.
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This was a social moment that worked to end racial segregation and discrimination. The War on Poverty subsidized school districts that had impoverished students. When the Civil Rights Act was passed it became "one of the most significant pieces of social legislation in the United States.
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was the most widespread federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the Congress.
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This act ensures that students with disability receive appropriate education that is fit to their individual needs. IDEA rules how the state and pubic services provide intervention, special education, and other services. Schools must asses students if they are suspected of having a disabilities.
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This report was put out by the Reagan administration. The report describe how America's education system was failing.
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This movement called for measurable standards for students.
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This law was signed into place by President George W. Bush. The act put emphasis on annual testing, annual academic progress, report cards, and teacher qualifications. Schools were accountable for the student's outcomes.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/no-child-left-behind-overview-definition-summary.html
