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First Education Laws 1642-1647
First laws were in Massachusetts. These laws reflected on how edcuation was starting to become impiortant in American history. Although they were very small steps they started a new way of thinking on education. -
Impact of Thomas Jefferson, Rush and Webster
Thomas Jefferson in my opinion was the first to push for a public education for all. He wanted at least 3 years of schooling paid for by the governemnt to all white male children. This to me was the first push to help the American Education Systeem to be what it is today. Rush and Webster also made pushed to make the American Education System a unique and attradtive system for all who wanted to get an education. Rush was an advocate for the education of women and blacks. -
Northwest Ordinace of 1785
This was the time where Western expansion took place in the US. This ordinance allowed the citizens of the US to move west and have their own lands. This created a larger US and populations grew. Teachers were trained and sent west to help educate the children of these people. -
Impact of Horace Mann
Horace Mann Biography. Most Important. He is considered the "Father of American Education". He was the first Secretary of Education in the USA. He visited over 1,000 schools in 6 years so he could see how the school system was doing. He saw that the government had to intervene so that the schools could all have an equal setting. He was a very important figure in the education system that his impacts are even seen today -
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Growth of Education after the Civil War
The war had ended and the USA was torn apart from the results of the war. Despite this the USA was at an economic boom 20 years after the war. USA became more urbanized and the oncoming immigrants became the workers. When the economy is doing well then that means more taxes which means more money for education -
Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th Century
Population and immigration doubled going into the 19th century. People were leaving their farms and going to the cities for work. Immigrants came to the US because of their free public education system. This was a very attractive thing for immigrants. Their need for education for their children was enough to send them to the US. -
Progressive Reform Movement
This movement lobbied to ban child labor which was a huge problem in the 1900's. It also wanted to change how students were taught in the classrrom settings. John Dewey is considered the F"ather of Progressive Education". He wanted children to learn by doing not just sitting in class and listening to the teacher lecture. He rejected the old, rigid, subject centered curriculum. Students should be interacting with what they are learning. Not pure memorization. -
The Gary Plan
Implemented in Gary, Indiana. This made high school function as a small little city. This gave adolescents a chance to get an education and have a hands on experience. It also caused much contention and riots because parents were afraid that their children were being trained to work in the factories. -
The Measurement Movement
Measurement of Intelligence. Most Important. Lewis Terman introduced the IQ test which measures the amount of mental development an individual had. This caused a wave of definitions on what was defined as intelligence and how to measure it. This led to many others to follow and created ways to measure intelliegence. This was very important in how education was measured and still has an impact today. Test such as the ACT/SAT still affect students today on their pathway to college. -
Civil Rights Movement
Civil Rights Movement. This movement led by Martin Luther King Jr sparked a change for equality for all in the US. He wanted laws passed in previous years to be enforced and have justice served to the African American population. This was a critical and very important time in American history for the movement of rights, equality and saving the nation from being divided. -
Brown vs The Board of Education
Brown vs Board of Education. Most important. Unanimous decision of the Supreme Court that ruled that segregation was unequal and unconstitutional. This event led to the Civil Rights Movement. This event was very important in the establishment of equality in education and in the pursuit of equality among all races, genders and economic statuses. -
Sputnik and NDEA (National Defense Education Act)
Sputnik and NDEA. Most Important. The launching of Sputnik by the Russians caused not only a race to space exploration but a movement of higher education for the US. This was the first time that the federal government attempted to influence the curriculum of the education system. This race eventually let to the Cold War with Russia. This era was very important in American Education because the US wanted to outcompete the world not only by military power but by intelligence. -
Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965
Provided 4 billion dollars for disadvantaged children. If a school wasn't integrated then their funding would be cut. Signed into law by Lyndon B Johnson -
A Nation At Risk Report
A report given to President Regan by the National Commission on Excellence in Education telling him that the schools in America were failing. This was a very important event because it led to federal, local and state reforms across the nation. According to historians and experts the school system was actually at a rise not a decline. -
No Child Left Behind, 2001
NCLB. Most Important. Signed by George W Bush. This reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This forced the states to come up with standartds and they were report their AYP (adequtae yearly progress) if any subgroup of the school was under this report then they would be put in proabtion. This is a very important today because of the amount of pressure it put on schools to compete with one another and to meet these requirements.
