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Education in Colonial Jamestown, Virginia
Many settelers came over to escape religious persecution. With them they brought their education and desire to be free. -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson trys to pass 3 different bills for home town of virgina one of which was an education bill for home Town, all 3 failed. -
Noah Webster
Noah webster publishes america first gramatical spelling book called A Grammatical Institute of the English Language or more commonly know as the blue-backed speller due to the nature of its spine. -
Northwest Land ordinance
Gave the settelers the chance to purchase land titles in the west, even though Congress had no right to do so. -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamine Rush
Proposed a plan to Congress that a more unifyed sysytem of education need to take place to make the states a more homogenious system. He was well versed in that the public needed to take care of their personal hygiene. -
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Common Schools
During this movement of time the idea was taught that schools should stick to teaching the three R's along with history, geography, and math. Designed by Horace Mann to be nonsectarian there were several disputes among American on how they should be taught. Most notable of these groups were the Catholic immigrants and the Native American who though that the Bible (King James Version) being used to teach was wrong and gave no consideration to their own values of religion. -
Horace Mann
Biography
Father to the design of the common school where he thought to turn unruly children into disaplined citizens. In 1837 he was appoined to the new seat of Secretary of Education. while in office he fought to change the way schools were educating children in that he thought his "common schools" would be the great equalizer that Americans needed to come together. -
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John Dewey
Known as the Father of Progressive Education. He was some who thought that to be successful you needed to invest in the whole child and child learning system. He also believed that schools should reflect how society should look and function. -
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The Imopact of WWII
WWII Impacts Schooling
During this time period the U.S. begins to restrict supplies and takes a hands off approach until the Japenes attack Peral Harbor nad force the U.S. to take an active role in the war against the axis' of power a.k.a. The Nazi's. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown v Board of Education
The Supreme Court makes a unanimous decision (9-0) that separate but equal is not the same and that segregation was unconstitutional and that schools could not simply turn away students based on color or religion. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) emphasizes equal access to education, sets high standards for academic performance, and demands a rigorous level of accountability from schools and districts. -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
I.D.E.A.
This gave individuals with handicap or disabilities the opportunity to attend school and not be discriminated againt by not admitting preventing the admision into public schools. -
A Nation at Risk
This is a report of from the educations board of Ronald Regan which states how poorly we are doing to educate our children. It wanted to reform the school day and system to be more focused on being a business driven society. -
No Child Left behind
It gives rights to all children to not be held back. It has four main point which are,Accountability, Flexibility, Reasearched-Based education and Parent Flexability. -
The Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights
Although the civil rights movement is a continueing process in America today when LBJ was in office he was working on a way to resovle the issue. While meeting with MLK and others they tried to help tha nation make schooling a complete free access to all students no matter their color, race, or religion.
