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Education in the Colonial Period
How much education a person received depended on a person's social and family status. Families did most of the educating, and boys were generally favored.The South had few schools of any sort until the Revolutionary era. Wealthy children studied with private tutors; middle-class children might learn to read from literate parents or older siblings; many poor and middle-class white children, as well as virtually all black children, went unschooled -
The Impact of Jefferson, Rush, & Webster
Jefferson: Creation of elementary schools into which all children would be admitted without charge. These schools would teach basic literacy and skills needed to manage their own affairs.
Rush: Called for a system of schools in his native state of Pennsylvania, and he then expanded his plan into one for a national system of education.
Webster: Considered the role of education so central to the working of a free government that he flatly asserted it to be the most important business in society. -
Monitorial Schools, Charity Schools, & Infant Schools
Monitorial Schools- Advanced Students were used as 'helpers' to the teacher, passing on the information they had learned to other students.
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The Impact of Horace Mann
MOST IMPORTANT because he helped establish what our education system is today. Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. No one did more than he to establish in the minds of the American people the conception that education should be universal. Link text -
Committee of Ten
In the United States, by the late 1800s, a desire for educational standardization had manifested across the country. To resolve these issues, the National Education Association formed The 1892 Committee of Ten. The committee was largely composed of representatives of higher education.in 1892, they recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum. -
Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th century
The mass immigration of people from Southern & Eastern Europe had a huge impact on the education in America. There were thousands of people registering their children as soon as they arrived. This started the movement away from religion guiding education since all the immigrants were not of the same religion. -
The Impact of John Dewey
John Dewey believed the importance of education is not only a place to gain content knowledge, but also as a place to learn how to live. Education should not just be acquiring a set of skills but realizing our full potential and creating a greater good. His philosophies are MOST IMPORTANT because they are centered on a more hands-on learning concept which is how I believe education should be.
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Secondary School Movement
The period of time from 1910 to 1940 when secondary schools began showing up all over the United States. American youth entered high school at a rapid rate. Both white men and women shared an increase in education during this time. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This was one of the MOST IMPORTANT events in inclusion in education. A case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Link text -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Is the MOST IMPORTANT because it has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress. This law brought education into the forefront of the national assault on poverty . Schools were forced to integrate if they wanted federal funds. Link text -
IDEA—the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
This law ensured that children with disabilities have an equal opportunity to receive the same free and appropriate public education as other children. This law has been revised several times. -
A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform
This event is one of the MOST IMPORTANT because if was the beginning of stricter standards in education. The report claimed that American schools were failing and set off a wave of reforms at the local, state, and federal levels. Link text -
School Choice Movement
A term for public education options in the US describing a wide array of programs offering students and their families alternatives to publicly provided schools which students are assigned to attend. Ex: Vouchers, Charter schools, Home schooling, Magnet Schools -
No Child Left Behind Act
Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and help with disadvantaged students. There were no national standards set. To receive federal funding States were required to assess all students at certain grade levels. -
Every Student Succeeds Act
The latest reform to the ESEA and replacement of No Child Left Behind. The goal is to ensure success for students and schools.
