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Education in the Colonial Period
Education in Colonial America
Education in the colonial period was very different than what we have today. They were heavily focused on faith and learning. School was directly connected to the Protestant Bible. Often a student only spent 82 days in school in their lifetime. -
Common Schools: MOST IMPORTANT
Common Schools
"The common school would mitigate class conflict, circumvent anarchy, enhance civic engagement, and perhaps most importantly inculcate moral habits, all by molding society’s most malleable members." - Graham Warder
The common schools brought together a system that was not unified. It gave education more purpose. It brought about a higher order of thinking that was avilable to all instead of the rich. -
The Impact of Horace Mann
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was apointed as the first Secretary of Education in Massachusetts. As such, he was a promoter of public schools. He would travel reviewing facilities and standardized the aspects of the common schools. Each school would include blackboards, buildings to meet in, and standard texts. -
Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th Century
Immigration and Population Growth
With the influx of immigration to the United States from 1880-1920, public schools had to be really reformed in order to make way for the incoming immigrant children. Schools were focused on these immigrants to help them learn english, rather than to have these kids drop out of school and work in factories. -
The Progressive Reform Movement
The Progressive Reform Movement in Education
The Progressives worked hard to reform and modernize the schools at the local level. The era was notable for a dramatic expansion in the number of schools and students served. many states began passing compulsory schooling laws. An emphasis on hygiene and health was made in education, with physical and health education becoming more important and widespread. -
The Impact of John Dewey: MOST IMPORTANT
John Dewey
Dewey makes a strong case for the importance of education not only as a place to gain content knowledge, but also as a place to learn how to live. He wanted to tighten the role of the teacher and focus on the educational structure that strikes a balance between delivering knowledge while also taking into account the interests and experiences of the student. -
The Impact of WW2
The Impact of World War II
Education was ultimately halted for some communities in the events of world war two. Education was changed to inform students on the events of the war and to make educated soldiers. Some communities served as evacuee cities. Young male teachers were conscripted into the armed forces. This led to a shortage of teachers and small class sizes. -
Brown vs. Board of Education: MOST IMPORTANT
Brown vs. The Board of Education
Brown Vs. The Board of Education ended segregation between black and white students. The facilities of learning became the same. However, people did not follow this law. Black students were still treated as unequal, although there was a ban on segregation. -
The Civil Rights Movement & War on Poverty
Civil Rights MovementWar on Poverty
The Civil Rights Movement played a large impact on education today. We have equal education opportuinity for all races and genders because of this. The War on Poverty created financial help to those of low income. All of which created equal eduaction. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: MOST IMPORTANT
ESEA
ESEA creataed equal opportunity for ALL students. For those that were still experiencing Racism, it disqulaified them from federal funding if they did not comply. ESEA offered new grants to districts serving low-income students, federal grants for text and library books, it created special education centers, and created scholarships for low-income college students. Additionally, the law provided federal grants to improve elementary and secondary schools -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
IDEAA law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities. -
A Nation at Risk Report
A Nation at Risk
A document proposed by Ronald Regan. "Its publication is considered a landmark event in modern American educational history. Among other things, the report contributed to the ever-growing assertion that American schools were failing, and it touched off a wave of local, state, and federal reform efforts." -
The Standards Movement
Standards Movement
After the publication of A Nation at Risk, over the next 20 years, the standards movement played an important role in unifying teaching and learning in america. -
Growth of Standardized Testing
Standardized Testing
Standardized Testing has been highly debated within the United States. However it's "growth has been considered a fair and objective method of assessing the academic achievement of students, mainly because the standardized format, coupled with computerized scoring, removes the potential for favoritism, bias, and subjective evaluations." -
No Child Left Behind: MOST IMPORTANT
NCLB
Passed by George W. Bush, this was a reinstatement of ESEA. It focuses on giving more accountability to the schools and the teachers. Requiring students to take the same standardized tests ensuring that no child will be left behind.
