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Education in Colonial Period
Education was neither free nor public, towns would pull resources to pay teachers even some parents paid a fee to send students to a dame school. Only the most privileged had the means to go to college and universities. -
First Education Laws
It stated that parents and masters of those children who had been apprenticed to them were responsible for their basic education and literacy. All children, and servants as well, should be able to demonstrate competency in reading and writing as outlined by the governing officials. The idea behind this, once again, was that if all citizens could understand the written language on some basic level, all citizens would be able to understand and therefore, abide by the governing laws of the land. -
Common Schools
COMMON SCHOOL MOVEMENTMOST IMPORTANT
Teach a common body of knowledge to give students an equal advantage on life. Free for all. Allows poor child to attend. Funded with tax dollars. Many people were against this because of the tax dollar use and tax itself. -
Frederick Douglass Impact on Education
Freed slave that encouraged change that led to movements further on in history. He believed that African Americans are entitled to the best education possible. -
Roberts v. Boston
This was first motion to gain equal educational rights for African American children but was overruled when presented in court. Roberts and supporters took their case to the supreme court and was overruled. This created separate but equal schools. -
End of Civil War
Slaves were now free and american citizens. There were at this point in time 4 million slaves of all ages that wished to earn an education to create a future. -
Population Growth
There was a sudden growth in schools from freed slaves and immigrants that they allowed women to teach in the classroom. They allowed woment to teach because they could get paid for lower wages and because they are naturally better nurturers with children. -
Committee of Ten
By the late 1800s, it became apparent that there was a need for educational standardization. Across the nation and within communities there were competing academic philosophies which the Committee of Ten aimed to resolve and have education standarized across the nation. -
The Gary Plan
It was a school system that had a rotational schedule where students would move from class to class whether it would be core subjects or electives that would teach students abilities that would help them earn careers in working on the assembly line or in factories. Was met with opposition because parents wanted more education for their children then just settling for skills in assembly lines and such. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Expanding Civil Rights
MOST IMPORTANT
Ended legal segregation in the classroom. One negative thing I would like to point out is blacks went into white schools, but they fired black teachers and demoted black principles. Many states were against the legalization of de-segregation. This is important because it allowed all to have access to the education that they desired and have equal opportunities at a good future. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
MOST IMPORTANT
This federal law banded segregation based on race or ethnicity in any federally funded programs, specifically schools. If schools did not comply they would lose their federal funding. This is important because there was schools in the south that ignored Brown vs Board, but this made sure schools would have to comply to having integrated schools (it was the enforcer of Brown vs Board). -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
IDEA 2004
Most Important
Provides, free appropriate public education for all children that were disabled in the least restrictive environment. The whole goal of these laws were to increase learning for those with disabilities to get them to their full potential alongside their non disabled classmates. Is important because IDEA has lead to more jobs and employment for those that were disabled than before this was in effect. -
A Nation ar Risk Report
A Nation At Risk
MOST IMPORTANT
Report of President Ronald Reagan's National Commission on Excellence in Education. It stated that since the statistics of public schooling was so low that future generations were at risk. This is important because it has raised the bar on material taught and qualifications of teachers. -
The Standards Movement
Created higher standards from the Nation at Risk report which led to higher criteria for graduating. -
School Choice Movement
Ability to place children wherever they feel best for their students to attend and not required to send their students to a local school. They can try this to send students to alternative schools that may have specialized programs that may have extra funding.
