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Though education was compulsory in several States, the average number of days a person spent in school at this time was 82 days.
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Key Events in American Education
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Thomas Jefferson makes initial draft proposal to the Virginia state legislation for 3 years guaranteed universal education in order to, "Rake a few genuises from the rubbish" of the male population. Was considered radical for its time, and was consequently voted down over 3 times from 1779-1817.
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Became "America's Textbook." Essentially codified "American" pronunciation and was a forerunner to the Webster's Dictionary.
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Horace Mann rides on horseback to inspect over 1000 schools in Massachusets.
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Average time spent at school over a lifetime: 4 months. Average cost per pupil: $2.81
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Great school debates start in NYC between Bishop Hughes and the Catholic community, and the NYC school association. Fight is over use of public funds to use in Catholic parochial schools as the schools of time generally tend to disparage Catholicsm, at best, condemn it outright, at worst.
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Average time in school over lifetime: 7 months
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Bible riots erupt between Irish Catholic community, and Protestant community.
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School board is now an elected body.
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Petition filed by 90 African American citizens in Boston challenging the policy of segregation in Boston public schools. At that time, there were only two schools for African American children in Boston. One in particular, the Smith School, was found sorely lacking in school materials and was crumbling into complete disrepair. Nothing comes of the petition for nearly 10 years.
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Signals growing prominence of American Catholic community in the eyes of Rome.
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All new States required to have a statement in their constitutions establishing compulsory education.
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7.6 million students in America. $63m spent on eduction.
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12.7 million students in America. $141m spent on education.
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Pulished, "The School and Society." Became the leader of the progressive movement that challenged the public school system of the day, saying that students needed to be more engaged and stimulated.
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Establishes Gary, IN as the forerunner in progressive education reform.
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The "Gary Plan" which had been promulgated far and wide begins an era of decline. Misrepresented by politicians as a system that only created workers with education, the progressive "Gary Plan" is done away with in NYC schools.
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Cloverly espouses an education platform that gets back to the basics. Based on making schools more efficient and education that focuses on creating workers and college bound separated.
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$1b spent on eduction in the United States. A full 17% of students eventually graduates from high school.
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Beginning this decade, the United States sees widespread use of IQ testing in the public school systems.
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A full 2/3 of the hispanic students in LA schools are classified as "slow learners" or retarded this decade, based on IQ testing.
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A full 45% of 17 year olds graduates High School.
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LAE developed by United States Department of Education, essentially giving up the intellectual mission of schools.
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Bestor leads a campaign to return to a more traditional curriculum.
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A whole new era in science and math based education proceeds as a result the Soviet launch.
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Julian Nava leads effort to end IQ testing in LA schools.
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Small, alternative schools are created within existing schools creating school choice for parents.
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