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Colonial Education
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First Public School
In Boston Massachusetts The First Public School Was Established. It Was An All Boys-Only And Also The Oldest Existing School. At The Time This School Was Strictly For College Preparation. It Since Then Become A Coeducational School https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/apr23/first-public-school-america/ -
Harvard College
Harvard College has its beginnings in a seminary founded by the
Great and General Court of Massachussetts at New Towne. First College in American colonies founded. The “Great and General Court of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England” approves $528 for the establishment of “a schoale or colledge” later to be called “Harvard.” -
Latin Grammar Shools
More academies and ideas were established; they were more secular and practical in their curriculum and were open to girls. -
Quaker Schools
In the late 1700s , meetings began to established schools where their children could learn practical skills while continuing their religious training. -
Education in the Colonial Period
School was important for religion, and for reading and writing, which were skills needed in order to vote. Slaves weren’t allowed to be educated, women received three years of education to prepare for marriage, only three years of schooling were guaranteed for men and more schooling was given to a select few -
Northwest Land Ordinance, 1785
Proposed by Thomas Jefferson, this document is considered the founding document of North West Education. Defining the purpose of education in a republic, and how settlers should support education. The North West Land Ordinance stated that each township should set aside a portion of land to be used for public schooling, and that that land was to be rented. Proceeds of the renting would be used to pay for the schools -
Common Schools
MOST IMPORTANT: Commons schools were the teaching of common knowledge, so the chance of success was equal for all. It was common because it was for the rich and the poor. Education was the place where Americans were made. These schools now had chairs with backs, blackboards, and textbooks that were standardized, which you now see in schools today with the conditions of schools always improving. Schools are a place where the rich and the poor come together to learn still. http://commonschool.org/ -
Common Schools
The Father of this movement was Horace Mann. This plan put public schools in competition with private schools by forming standardize for public schools. Students were grouped by grade level, and a taxes was created for direct use of public schools.
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Modern Education
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Thorndike & Terman
This movement started by wanting to address the quality of education by the quantity of knowledge
Terman the inventor of the IQ measuring scale invented it in measure intelligence based on short-term memory, analytical thinking, mathematical ability and spatial recognition. IQ does not measure you capacity to learn.
Thorndike is a philosopher that came up with the idea for the Law of Effect meaning if good comes out of what we do we will doi it again and if not we stop the behavior. -
Brown VS The Board of Education
Landmark supreme court case in which it was deemed that separate schools for those of color was unconstitutional, because it isolated the Equal Protection Clause. Although this was passed it was not until the federal government threatened to withhold funds from state schools that did not comply that it was inforced -
The Civil Rights Movement & The War on Poverty
Check this site out for more information on The Civil Rights Movement & The War on Poverty: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/war-poverty -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act brought education to the forefront on the "War on Poverty" and represented a commitment to equal access to quality education across all economic boarders. The act mandates that funds be given to: teachers for Professional development, promote parent involvement, instructional materials, and educational programs. -
The Standards Movement
This movement called for clear measurable standards for all schools and districts. THis system measures each student against the set-in-stone standard. Professional Development, assements and curriculum was dirived from this idea. -
Nation At Risk Report
This report was issued after an 18 month study on secondary education. I took a detailed look into the curriculum and found that it no longer had the main purpose unifying all subjects talk. I was through this Report that a major overhaul of the education system was conducted. -
School Choice Movement: Charter Schools, Vouchers
This is when education options in the U.S. became wider . Allowing an array of programs to be available to parents and their students. No longer did students have to go to a school because they were in that zone, but they had more free choice. -
No Child Left Behind Act
The Newest edition to the ESEA this act was added in order to close the gap between poor and minority students and their more advantaged peers. This act mainly focused on ELA Learners, students in special education, and those fighting poverty. If States did not comply with with this act they risked losing their federal title 1 money.
