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Northwest Land Ordinance
This gave rights of land to communities and settlers as long as they would set aside land for schools. -
Common Schools
This was a movement led by Horace Mann. It provide community provide education for children. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was an advocate for education and found the common school journal which went over his six main principles. He was also a big influence on separate school and religion. -
Morrill Land-Grant Act
This Land act was given by President Lincoln in 1862 which allocate 17,400,000 acres of land for schools to use for higher education. This act provided the U.S. with some of the college we use today like Cornell University, and Kansas State. These schools offered many things in engineering and agriculture. (Most Important) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts -
19th Century Immigration
During this time, many people where moving to U.S. to have a chance for educations. This caused many schools to be over crowded and needed them to become larger. -
Committee of Ten
This was a committee of ten people of higher education. There purpose was to push for standardizing the curriculum of high schools. -
John Dewey
John Dewey pushed for a new type of philosophy for school which was called Behaviorism. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Brown versus the board of education was a supreme court decision that said that it was unconstitutional to have segregated schools. This was started in Topeka, Kansas by a father name Oliver Brown. The NAACP asked families to try and enroll their children in the closest school. (Most Important) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html -
NDEA
This is the National Defense Education Act that provide a push for better math and science programs. This was a response to Russia sending sputnik to space. -
ESEA
This act is called Elementary and Secondary Education Act which was signed by President Johnson. This act give us our modern day terms we use for education, and this is used as the framework for many of our newer education bills. Also, this was used to fund school in low income areas so that students would have an equal chance on life. (Most Important) http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/timeline/johnsons-remarks-on-signing-the-elementary-and-secondary-education-act -
IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities education act made schools take on the responsibility of education students with a disability. This has truly changed the way we have educated both students and teachers. It has allowed many kids that would never have a chance as a normal life, a life that becomes for filled by higher education. (Most Important) http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/idea/ -
A Nation at Risk
This was a commission enacted by President Reagan to report and deal with the problems of education. The focus was to bring it back to essentialism. -
School Choice
This was a movement that gave families a choice to which school their child went too. It also started the programs for vouchers. -
No Child Left Behind
No child left behind was a bipartisan act to make schools improve within 10 years time period. It would mark schools as failing, and take away funding if the schools didn't make it to this point. This act did help improve our graduation rates in the United States. (Most important) http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/no-child-left-behind-overview-definition-summary.html -
ESSA
The Every Student Succeeds Act was signed by President Obama that shifted the power back to the states for education.
