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The Common School Movement was trying to make every kid get an education through local taxes, and provide a well-rounded school system. This was done by Horace Mann, who was elected secretary of the newly founded Macchetues Board of Education in 1837.
-https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/entities/publication/4e3b776b-39b3-4f1b-adc8-a3f60339b541 -
This movement was started by Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon also helped with this movement. It was first used to see if any human had retardation. It is now used to measure the intelligence each person has.
Video - https://study.com/academy/lesson/alfred-binet-theory-intelligence-test-quiz.html
https://prezi.com/qzxdpe6-hou2/the-measurement-movement-the-development-of-the-intelligen/#:~:text=The%20movement%20started%20in%201905,intelligence%20of%20each%20person's%20brain. -
This led to the schools not being separated anymore. Separating kids by their race at school is unconstitutional. This was huge because kids of all races were allowed to go to school together so no more "separate but equal"
Article - https://theconversation.com/decades-after-brown-v-board-us-schools-still-struggle-with-segregation-4-essential-reads-184913
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
ACT stands for American College Testing which was an alternative to the SAT. ACT is done by pencil and paper it is a timed test and it gives you a score the best score you could receive is a 36. Although ACT is not as big of a deal as it use to be it can help you a lot if you do well on it.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/education/why-do-students-still-have-to-take-the-sat-and-act-tests/285-af479bcb-1125-4701-8da5-454e1f1bfb73 -
Head Start is a program that lasts 8 weeks. It started for low-income families. Kids who enroll in head start usually tend to be more successful in life.
https://www.decal.ga.gov/HeadStart/History.aspx#:~:text=Project%20Head%20Start%2C%20launched%20as,%2C%20nutritional%2C%20and%20psychological%20needs. -
In the 1980s is when they first started using computers. Having computers in school makes things a lot easier. They can use it as a resource and gain knowledge from it. It can also make things easier for the teacher.
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White Boards were invented around 1950 and the first time they started using them in school was around 1950. They started getting rid of chalkboards and started putting whiteboards in classrooms and using them made things more convenient and easier to do things.
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The invention of google was made by Larry Page and Sergey Brinn on Standford University's network. This helps learn more knowledge it can help students and teachers out.
https://www.france24.com/en/20110121-google-names-larry-page-ceo-schmidt-executive-chairman -
This was for K-12 graders and this law, and this law holds schools accountable for how well the students are learning. This law penalized schools that did not show any improvement which made it a problem for others.
Video - https://youtu.be/0--2nhsDorg
https://www.understood.org/en/articles/no-child-left-behind-nclb-what-you-need-to-know -
Around 2013 is when kids were starting to take home laptops and use them. Although COVID has caused a lot more schools to start having laptops for kids available they were already doing it before. This has helped a lot of teachers use less printing paper kids can do homework at home,
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/06/24/534151564/schools-let-students-take-laptops-home-in-hopes-of-curbing-summer-slide
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