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Common School Movement
This is one of the most important events in the history of education because it allowed children to gain an equal education regardless of the social class, gender, religion, ethnicity, or country of origin. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1871/Common-School-Movement.html -
Committee of Ten
This was an important time in educational history because this committee was the ones that decided to standardize the curriculum so that every student was learning the same thing at the same age which made it so that teachers needed to step up their game and be trained more rigorously. http://www.mathcurriculumcenter.org/PDFS/CCM/summaries/comm_of_10_summary.pdf -
Progressive Reform Movement
This movement made it so that there was a dramatic expansion in the number of schools and students served, especially in the bigger cities. In 1910 the smaller cities began to build schools. By 1940 50% of young adults received a high school diploma. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era -
The Measurement Movement
This movement included the Law of Effect by Edward Thorndike, IQ developed by Alfred Binet. The IQ assess human intelligence, and the Law of Effect which states that behaviors that are followed by good consequences are likely to be repeated in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient -
Impact of WWII
Afer WWII ended the G.I Bill was passed to fund education for those soldiers that came back from war and were wanting to go to college to gain a better education. http://www.military.com/education/gi-bill/learn-to-use-your-gi-bill.html -
Civil Rights Movement
This movement, I believe to be one of the most important, because it was a powerful movement that had African Americans sticking up for their rights. This eventually led to Brown vs. the Board of Education. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement -
Brown vs. Board of Education
I believe this to be one of the most important times in the history of education. This court case ended segregation of whites and African Americans in public schools. Finally, all races, color, sexes, would be treated equally. http://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm http://www.nps.gov/brvb/learn/historyculture/index.htm -
Sputnik and NDEA
Because the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the U.S. was afraid that education in the Soviet Union was superior to the education in the U.S. President Eisenhower agreed to give more funding to schools for their science programs in order to make sure that students were recieving the top science education. http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/society/national-defense-education-act.html -
Growth of Standardized Testing
Standardized testing made is so that tests are generalized and determine achievement, growth, and progress. https://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/awards/upload/Sarah_Holmes_First_Place.pdf -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act allows stuents from low income households to get the same tyep of education and funding opportunities as those in the middle or upper class. These low income schools are called Title I schools and they receive funding so that "no child is left behind," which is was President W. Bush renamed it in 2001. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_and_Secondary_Education_Act -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
This act was passed in order for those with disabilities to gain an equal education and not be treated differently. https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/basics-about-childs-rights/how-idea-protects-you-and-your-child -
The Standards Movement
This was a movement that standardized the math, and language arts curriculum in grades K-12. http://www.sonoma.edu/users/p/phelan/423/standards.html -
A Nation at Risk
I believe this to be one of the most important events in educational history because it reformed the American schools. It made a higher standard for graduation, for teachers, for students, and for the curicculum that was being taught. President Ronald Reagan made this plan because he saw the American education system as mediocre. https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/nationrs.html -
School Choice
This allows parents to have more control over their childs education and to pursue the best learning environments for their children. School choice includes charter, private, homeschooling, magnet schools, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_choice -
No Child Left Behind Act
This act was passed in order to close student achievement gaps by providing all children with equal and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education. http://www.k12.wa.us/esea/NCLB.aspx
