History of Education Interactive Timeline

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  • 2009 BCE

    Growth of Standardized Testing

    Scored in a standard and consistent manner to make it possible to compare performances of students and groups of students.
  • 2001 BCE

    No Child Left Behind, 2001

    No Child Left Behind, 2001
    This closes the achievement gap. This is designed to improve students achievements. There were too many students being left behind and there needed to be a change.
    http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/index.html
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  • 2001 BCE

    School Choice Movement: Charter Schools, Vouchers

    Opportunity scholarships are state funded scholarships that pay for students to attend a private school instead of a public school.
  • 1983 BCE

    A Nation at Risk Report

    Ronald Regan came out with a declaration to help education in America.
  • 1965 BCE

    Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    The government finally provided funding for elementary and secondary education.
  • 1954 BCE

    Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    Government ruled separate white and black schools as unconstitutional. The court ruled that "separate but equal" public schools were no longer constitutional. They integrated school after this was decided.
    http://www.civilrights.org/education/brown/
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  • 1950 BCE

    NAACP

    NAACP
    The NAACP brings a series of suits over unequal teachers' pay for Blacks and whites in southern states. At the same time, southern states realize they are losing African American labor to the northern cities. These two sources of pressure resulted in some increase of spending on Black schools in the South.
    https://www.naacp.org
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  • 1905 BCE

    Chinese immigrants

    The U.S. Supreme Court requires California to extend public education to the children of Chinese immigrants.
  • 1877 BCE

    Schools intergrade

    Schools intergrade
    African Americans mobilize to bring public education to the South for the first time. After the Civil War, and with the legal end of slavery, African Americans in the South make alliances with white Republicans to push for many political changes, including for the first time rewriting state constitutions to guarantee free public education.http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/promise-of-integrated-schools/462681/
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  • 1837 BCE

    Horace Mann

    Horace Mann becomes head of the newly formed Massachusetts State Board of Education
  • 1820 BCE

    First public high school

    First public high school in the U.S., Boston English, opens.
  • 1790 BCE

    Free public education for the poor

    Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling.

  • Massachusetts pass compulsory education law

    Massachusetts pass compulsory education law
    State of Massachusetts passes first its compulsory education law. The goal is to make sure that the children of poor immigrants get "civilized" and learn obedience and restraint, so they make good workers and don't contribute to social upheaval.
    http://education.findlaw.com/education-options/compulsory-education-laws-background.html
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  • Sputnik and NDEA

    Provided funding to improve American schools to promote postsecondary education.

  • Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act

    IDEA was an act that was created to provide students with disabilities the same opportunity in education as those without a disability.