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Boston Latin school
The Boston Latin school is an exam school that is located in Massachusetts. Making it the oldest and the first public school in the United states. -
Harvard College
Harvard university is a liberal arts college that is founded in Massachusetts. Making it the eldest and highest Institutions in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. -
American Asylum for the Deaf
American Asylum for the Deaf, located in Hartford, CO, was the first of its kind. The lessons taught to these children were articulation and lip-reading; yet another first. The education system is an organization, just with several factors and dynamics. There are still schools for the deaf today. -
1830's Common Schools
Common schools were funded by local property taxes, charged no tuition, were open to all white children. Beginning in the 1820's, Horace Mann,convinced a nation to create a system of common schools .Good schools were good business and the future of the economy and the democracy depended upon providing a "common" education to all children, no matter where they were born. -
First College to Admit Women
The first college to ever admit women was the Oberlin college, located in Oberlin, Ohio. This college also admitted African Americans students. A good example of the saying, "greater opportunities in the west". This is just the beginning of the opportunities offered to women and will set the foundation for women today in higher education. -
The Impact of Horace Mann
The 1st secretary of education, he standardized much of what we recognize in our schools today (such as chairs with back support, blackboards, and standardized textbooks). He believed Common Schools gave students an "equal chance at life." His vision of what schools could be is significant because it lead to much of how education looks today. -
Public Board of Education was created
The Board of Education consisted of 34 elected commissioners. This board coordinated with the schools and made fair decisions for all. I think this is an example of an organization communicating to the people and the school systems, that they are ready to take the next step, and put commissioners in charge to keep order. There needs to be a chain of command to communicate in order for the organization to work together. -
1862 Homestead Act
President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act, a program designed to grant public land to small farmers at low cost. The act gave 160 acres of land to the head of a household who was and 21 years or older.They had to live there for five years.
This wave of immigration forced changes in the nation's schools. -
Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia
During and after the American Revolution, Philadelphia was well situated as a location for the school as a significant cultural center in the United States. John Poor, founder and Harvard graduate, was the original principal of the institution. Students came from diffrent places of the United states, it necessary that our ladies should be qualified to a certain degree by a peculiar and suitable education, to concur in instructing their sons in the principles of liberty and government -
1954 Brown v. Board of Education
The decision reverses Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling that separate is not equal, and outlaws segregation. The decision held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality. -
English Language learners
As for the educational system, specifically targeting the public sector, it was the work of Nam Chomsky, a linguistic philosopher, whom pushed strategies upon the process of language acquisition. His researches and explorations in the development of language acquisition initiated a series of inquiries about English as Second Language (ESL) learning. -
Starting Bilingualism
The bilingualism policy in schools was officially introduced in 1960, making English the official language for both national integration and utilitarian purposes.Universal education for children of all races and background started to take shape, and more children started to attend schools.However, the quality of schools set up during this time varied considerably. -
Developing Programs for English Language Learners: Legal Background
School districts in many parts of the country are experiencing a substantial increase in the enrollment of minority students who cannot speak, read, or write English well enough to participate meaningfully in educational programs without appropriate support services. May 25, 1970, Memorandum, that directed school districts to take steps to help ELL students overcome language barriers -
Title lX and Sex discrimination
no person can be excluded from a school program on the basis of their sex. This gave rise to more women athletics and other opportunities which previously were not granted. -
Lau vs. Nichols
In the pivotal Lau vs. Nichols case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Lau and 1,789 other Chinese students in San Francisco were being denied access to equal educational opportunities because they could not sufficiently understand the language of instruction. The Lau case set the expectation that school systems must adopt some kind of comprehensive strategy that addressed the needs of non-English speaking students, though the Court refused to mandate any particular model. -
California’s Proposition 227
California’s Proposition 227 was passed during the primary election and effectively restructured education for language minority students by mandating a one-year structured English immersion program, Proponents of 227 have maintained that students have acquired English at a higher rate since the inception of the proposition in school year 1998-99. Many academics, however, have found no empirical evidence supporting the assertion that students have benefited from the legislation. -
Biligual Education
The frenzied bilingual debate showed no sign of slowing down. Arizona passed Proposition 203 and effectively ended bilingual education in that state. Led by California software mogul Ron Unz, the non-profit corporation One Nation, One California is pursuing similar legislation in Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas.* -
No child left behind
Works to see that all children perform well in school and have an equal opportunity to higher education. Helps those who are at a disadvantage be successful. Significant because it evens the playing field a bit by accommodating the students in need of more assistance and guidance in their education. Today every student is cared for and their potential to succeed is emphasized. -
National Education Technology plan
In 2010 the National Education plan was published calling for a revolutionary transformation of education, rather than evolutionary tinkering clearly integrating technology into schools is no small task -
Productivity tools
(pg 191- How are technologies affecting students learning) Computer applications and social media to communicate. They are called productivity tools because they let you accomplish stuff more efficiently -
Digital Imagery
(pg 199) Students can go online to download video and watch them because many science classes require them to. Processes that are too fast to observe such as the growth of a plant -
Tools for analysis
(pg 200) having collector date, students will need to organize and analyse the information, spreadsheets such as Excel and Google spreadsheets are widely used tools to organize data -
Digital tools
(pg 195- English/ Language arts Education) Today students write using word processors and write in online environment. These tools offer many advantages over pencil and paper. -
Digital story telling
( pg 197) digital story telling is a project that can engage even in the most reticent students. students create images and pair them with narratives they write and record with their own voice -
Technology supporting instruction
( pg 204) Foreign language students and elfish language learners can use a number of technology to develop thier proficiency in english. One technology that they use is a podcast were teacher can record them self teaching the students.
