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President Jefferson wanted to require children to have 3 years of schooling. People at the time considered it radical
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To give each child an equal chance in life
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Horace Mann was the 1st Secretary of Education. Horace wanted to make public Education great.
If any one man should be given the title of "Father Of American Education" It would be Mann for all his contributions and influence into creating an educational legislation and practice not only in his state but other states soon followed. Mann also wanted professional training for teachers, and that is the way it is today.
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Jefferson believed each child should have an equal chance for Education.
Rush believed it was important for women to also get an education.
Webster was best know for dictionary.
Webster believed that eduction should include patriotism for the United States and he believed that creating a distinctive and national language as well as curriculum. Webster dictionary is widely used today,
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Working group of educators created the standardization of the American High School curriculum.
With the beginning of school curriculum and has just gotten better and better as time has gone on with updating new standards for students.
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This drew support from the middle class, the goal was to eliminate problems caused by industrialization, urbanization and immigration. It was also a big movement in womens suffrage.
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William Wirt from Gary Indiana developed the Gary plan. The plan was more efficient use of school facilities.
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John was in favor of the child center curriculum believing that the whole child was important and the children needed to experience life and not just to memorize it.
I think what John founded was so important and as educators we need to get back to educating the whole child.
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Very important time is American History was the desegregation of schools.
As Americans we so desperately needed to desegregate and understand we all have the same importance. To respect everyone no matter their race, color or ethnicity.
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When America felt like we were loosing the cold war the federal government stepped in and gave significant funding to programs such as Math, Science and Foreign Language.
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President Johnson wanted all Americans no matter race, color or ethnicity to have an equal chance in Education. The civil rights act was signed in 1964 and schools that did not or would not comply were in jeopardy of loosing federal funding. President Johnson along with President Kennedy also created programs such as Head-start and created low cost college loans.
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An act for quality and equality. 4 Billion dollars to aid disadvantaged students.
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IDEA, IEPS as well as 504 plans that would meet the needs of all individuals.
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President Reagan created the school choice movement as a way of competition for public schools, hoping for better schools and more choice for students across America.
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Gave each state the opportunity to develop their own standards, as to what they wanted students to be able to gain mastery in before the completion of High School. The problem was there was no funding for such a program and it left states in diar need of finding funding for such a program.
