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First Education Laws: Massachusetts
This law established the principle of compulsory education. -
Jefferson's bill for the the More General Diffusion of Knowledge
This plan was important because it: the plan is considered important because it removed the stigma of pauperism from elementary schooling (Rippa, 1997) and proposed a system of universal, free, public education-if only for 3 years. -
1st High School
In 1831, the fIrst American comprehensive (and coeducational) high school, offering both English and classical courses of study, was opened in Lowell, Massachusetts. -
Horace Mann and Common Schools- MOST IMPORTANT
Horace Mann: Father of the common school
Horace Mann was largely responsible for creating the common schools. He did a lot to establish in people's minds that education should be universal, free , and nonsectarian. Because of his influence, every child receives free education. I think if it weren't for Horace Mann education might have taken a lot longer to become something that was for every child and not just the rich children. -
Roberts v. Boston MOST IMPORTANT
Learn moreThe first legal case concerning integration, 5 yr old sarah roberts had to go to a school that was lower quality and far away because the only close school was a whites only school. The supreme court ruled in favor of Boston. But this was the first court case wherein the issue of separate but equal was addressed. -
1st kindegarten
Margaretha Schurz founded the first kindegarten in Watertown Wisconsin. The kindergarten is recognized for its importance in the educational process and is a cornerstone of the American educational system. -
Impact of WW2
The war had a heavy impact on the schools. Not only did large numbers of teachers leave the classroom for the battlefield, but enrollment also dropped significantly as youth chose not to return to school or to go to work. By the end of the war more than Which of the educational one-third of the teachers employed in 1940-41 had left teaching. Funding was also significantly decreased -
Brown vs. Board of Education MOST IMPORTANT
The Brown vs. Board of Education case was one of the most important court decisions of the education system. It ruled that segregated educational facilities have no place in public education. It marks the beginning of the civil rights movement. It was a huge step forward for equality in the classroom. -
SPUTNIK and NDEA MOST IMPORTANT
Learn more here The US was worried that it was losing the techonlogical and military race with the Soviet Union, due to a shortage of trained teachers, engineers and students. So they pased the National Defense Education Act. This was the first time that the federal government attempted to infulence the curriculum in general in elementary and secondary education. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The most far-reaching piece of federal education legislation to date. ESEA gave more than $1 billion in funds to education. -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
This act passed during the Ford administration gave increasesdattention to the needs of peole with disabilities in education for the first time. -
A Nation at Risk Report: the imperative for educational reform
Made by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, it used strong and stiring languge to describe the "rising tide of medocrity " that was slowly disintegrating the educational foundations of american society. It was very scathing and caused for a reform of the education system. -
Standards Movement
Formalized national education goals and development of national standards and new assessment systems. -
Growth of Standardized Testing
American began implementing high stakes testing that would determine who would be promoted and who would graduate from high school. -
No Child Left Behind MOST IMPORTANT
Learn More about NCLB This is said to be the most sweeping education reform legislation since the ESEA. It basically put a lot of pressure on test scores and having state wide teaching standards, it required much more frequent testing. There were some pros to this act but there were also a lot of cons as well. States have had a really hard time meeting the mandates of NCLB.
