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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson had the idea that we should send everyone to school for a short time to discover the truly brilliant students and then give those select brilliant students scholarships to move on to more school. -
Northwest Land Ordinance
As people started moving west, woman becoming teachers became a common thing since there was a need for new schools out in the west. -
First Amendment
The First Amendment is passed giving religious freedom. This will greatly impact schools. -
Webster - American Dictionary
Webster wrote a dictionary to help Americanize the vocabulary of American citizens. This book was used in schools and he was the first man to make a living off of a book. -
MOST IMPORTANT: Horace Mann-taxes pay for public schools
Horace Mann was the state supervisor of education in Massachusetts. In this position he was able to make several impacts on education, including getting school costs funded by taxes. Horace also worked to use these tax dollars to improve school facilities.
This still impacts us today as we enjoy public education supported by taxes. We also enjoy constant improvement and new development of schools with this money.
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Committee of Ten
According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Ten, "The Committee of Ten was a working group of educators that, in 1892, recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum." -
MOST IMPORTANT: Gary Plan "Work-Study-Play"
As part of the Gary Plan, schools had health aspects and were run in a way to prepare students for careers. This was opposed because it mostly prepared children to work in factories and people desired more.
I believe this still impacts us today because we still try to have school be a place where we prepare for employment and life. We also still provide many services for students like heath and food.
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about 2 million children working in factories instead of at school
Although children were supposed to be in school, many of them worked in factories instead. The children who worked instead of attending school were praised by families. -
Progressive Education
Progressive Education Association was founded to help bring progressive education into American Schools. It helped with immigrating and had children moving from class to class. It also started schools that taught all grades. -
Child Labor is banned
It is now the law that children must attend school instead of working in the factories all day. -
ETS is founded
ETS is the world's largest nonprofit testing organization. It was founded in 1947 -
MOST IMPORTANT: Brown vs Board of Education
This was a monumental moment when the Supreme Court ruled that separate was not in fact equal, black children were now allowed to attend white schools. Although this did not desegregate all of the schools in the United States, it was a great start.
This decision still impacts us today as we continue to keep schools inclusive for black children and any child of any background or ability.
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NDEA
NDEA stands for National Defense Education Act. When the space race began so did the use of federal money on STEM in schools. -
MOST IMPORTANT: Lindon B Johnson-ESEA
ESEA stands for Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It was signed by Lindon B Johnson and it declared a war on poverty by giving money to poor income schools.
This still impacts us today with school titles like,"Title 1" as we recognize which schools are low income. Although the bill has changed the impact of the government on education has stayed with us. http://educationpost.org/issues/taking-responsibility/esea-reauthorization/abcs-esea-child-left-behind/ -
First School Backpack
The University of Washington started selling backpacks in their school bookstore because of the amount of rain destroying student's books. Originally these backpacks were made for outdoor recreational activities. -
A Nation at Risk
This was the report of President Reagan that focused on the need for standardized testing and choice in schools. -
House passes 200 million dollar "teaching lure" bill
The House passes a bill worth 200 million dollars to encourage students to become teachers. The purpose was to give scholarships out to help the students in the top of their class desire to become teachers. -
No Child Left Behind-Bush
No Child Left Behind was President Bush's replacement for ESEA. It focuses more on raising standards instead of funding schools. -
MOST IMPORTANT: IDEA
IDEA is the individuals with disabilities act. This act ensures resources needed for children with disabilities to be educated in America. This is so significant because it has allowed children with disabilities to make a life fore themselves that they weren't able to do before.
This act will continue to impact us hopefully forever as it allows for children today to be education, despite their disability. It gives them what they need to learn.
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ESSA-Obama
ESSA stands for Every Student Succeeds Act. It is Obama's current replacement to Johnson's ESEA.
