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The First Education Laws:Massachusetts
Every child has to be taught to learn and write. It was passed in 1642. In 1647, ordered every township of 50 households to provide a teacher teach, Townships of 100 or more had to establish a grammar school. *Most Important https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/massachusetts-passes-first-education-law.html -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was an American education reformer. He pushed big to help education. He traveled from school to school to see the conditions, and he helped standardize chairs with backs, chalk boards and other great things that helped schools. In 1837, he became secretary of the newly created board of education. https://www.biography.com/people/horace-mann-9397522 -
The First Legal Case Concerning Integration and Sarah Roberts
Sarah Roberts was a five year old African American girl who went to a school that was all blacks school. It was a far distance away from where they lived. Her father decided to try to enroll her in an all white school. They were rejected because of race. He wrote to state legislative and they started a case. They won and it was the fist law prohibiting segregated schools in the United States. https://brownvboard.org/content/prelude-brown-1849-roberts-v-city-boston -
Population Growth and Immigrants
The population grew from 1830 to 1860. It grew from 13 million to 32 million. It was a major growth period. Out of those numbers, 4 million were immigrants. As soon as they got off the ships, they would sign their children up for school in New York because of the greatness of the education. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/city/ -
The Growth of Education After the Civil War
7.6 million students ti 12.7 million students was the growth. We had more students involved than any other country. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2600 -
Committee Of Ten
The committee of ten was a working group of educators that in 1892 recommended the standardization of American High School curriculum. http://faculty.knox.edu/jvanderg/202_K/Commof10Recom.htm -
The Impact of WW2
War may be good for a nation's economy, but it's horrid for education. WW2 had a devastating effect on education. School funding was not immune to this. Majority of the budget was redirected to support the allied war efforts. http://www.theedadvocate.org/uncovering-devastating-impact-world-war-ii-american-education/ -
Secondary School Movement
It's the era from 1910 to 1940 during which the secondary schools sprouted across the United States. https://scholar.harvard.edu/lkatz/filter_by/high-school-movement -
Brown VS Education
They wanted African American students to have an equal education and to integrate schools. They won and they started to integrate schools. *Most Important http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
Sputnik and NDEA
The NDEA was influenced by the Soviet launch of the satellite Sputnik on October 4,1957. The US was scared that the education in the USSR was superior to the US schools, so congress reacted and by adding the act to bring US schools back up to speed. *Most Important https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Defense-Education-Act -
The Growth Of Standardized Testing
Standardized testing is the most commonly used and well known method of testing using in the US and as well as other countries in the world. It is used to determine student achievement, growth and process. https://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/awards/upload/Sarah_Holmes_First_Place.pdf -
Elementary And Secondary Education Act
The elementary and secondary education acts (ESEA) was passed as a part of US president Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty and has been the most far reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the US congress. https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-of-1965/ -
Individuals With A Disability Act
Also known as IDEA, Individuals with a disability act made it possible for the disabled to be educated. It made it possible for them to have an equal education. *Most Important https://sites.ed.gov/idea/ -
A Nation At Risk
A nation of risk is a 1983 report put out by the Reagan administration that described how America's educational system was failing to educate students well. So with other things, they recommended schools to become more rigorous, adopt more standards, and that teacher preporation and pay be evaluated. https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html -
No Child Left Behind
No child left behind is not letting any students fall in the cracks and that they get to go to school! It is a re authorization of the Elementary and Secondary education act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school. *Most Important
http://www.k12.wa.us/esea/NCLB.aspx
