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"Old Deluder" Law-Massachusetts Education Law
This law required that every township that had 50 households or more had to get a teacher. The teacher would be paid by the parents of the children. When the township reach 100 households, a grammer school would be established. It was established was the children would be educated about the scriptures. -
Thomas Jefferson's "A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge"
<a href='http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/bill-more-general-diffusion-knowledge' >#5 in Most Important! Thomas Jefferson tried to pass a bill three times that would require 3 years of public schooling for all children including women. Slaves were not included in this bill. He was denied three times. This event is significant because it was the first time that free education tried to be passed in the government. We have free education today and it made an impact on what the country value -
The Impact of Noah Webster
This is an important event because Noah Webster wrote the Blue Black Speller. This was an American speller which showed how to pronounce words differently than the Bristish. It began the American accent and made us different than the British. It was also one of the first American textbooks. -
Hartford Female Seminary
This was one of the first college for women. It was mostly used to train teachers and it was founded by Catherine Beecher. Beecher believed that women had qualities that make them the preferred sex as teachers. It started out as a small school and grew to about 100 students. -
McGuffey Readers
The McGuffey Readers were a series of primers for grades 1-6. They were some of the most popular books in history. It also taught moral principles and helped teach students to read. It still has continued to sell about 30,000 copies a year. -
Impact of Horace Mann
Horace Mann served as Secretary of the Massacheusetts State Board of Education. He was a huge advocate for education. He traveled to 1000 schools and recommended that every school have a blackboard, chairs, and standardized textbooks. He also wanted each school to have well trained teachers. -
Roberts vs. City of Boston
This legal case was one of the first regarding integration into schools. Sarah Roberts was a African-American girl who lived far away from her all-black school. Her father tried to have her put into a closer white school and was forced to live. He filed a case and it went up to the Supreme Court but it went declared in favor of the City of Boston. -
Influence of John Dewey
John Dewey was the "Father of Progressive Education". He wrote "The School and Society" and advocated a more child-centered education. He felt like children should interact more with their curriculum. Education should be a place to learn content, but also a place to learn how to live were some of his thoughts. -
Infant Schools Were Formed
Infant Schools were taught by women normally. It was designed for children from ages 4 to 7 years old. These schools were beginning of kindergarten. There were also about 30 children per teacher. -
Progressive Reform Movement
This is an era from 1900-1929 which is where America really changed in many aspects. There were many immigrants who moved to America for the education. Even though there were about 3 million children, only 50% of them were in school. Many children chose to work rather than go to school. The schools were cold, packed, and uncomfortable. -
The Gary Plan
<a href='http://www.britannica.com/topic/Gary-Plan' > #3 in top 5! William Wirt, superindetendent of Gary, Indiana, made modern schools where students had class periods. His motto was "make every scholar a working man and every working man a scholar". The schools would teach students skills like home economics and animal husbandry. New York mayor tried to put more schools like this in NYC, but riots began and plan was cancelled. It was significant because it began teaching life skills in school. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
<ahref='http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html' > #4 in Top 5! This legal case is when the Supreme Court states that seperate, but equal was not equal. Segregation was not only legal after this case. It was a major victory for the Civil Rights movement. Even though, not many blacks went to white schools after this, it was still a big achievement. We don't have segregation in schools because the outcome of this court case. It is very important to what makes our nation. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act gave funding to aid disadvantage students. It helped minorities be on a more equal footing with white children who had received better education all along. It was supposed to close the gap for reading, writing, and math for low income and minority students. The act gave about 4 billion dollars to help aid students. Since this act was passed, everyone is able to attend school now and get a good quality educaiton. We've only had free education for everyone for 50 years so far! Amazing! -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
<a href='http://idea.ed.gov/' > #1 in the Top 5! This act allows disabled students to be educated. Before this act, 1/5 of disabled students were educated. The rest of the disabled students were in institutions at the time. It required that the special education personnal were highly qualified. It also had programs formed for infants, toddlers, and students of all ages. Finally, the disabled children were able to learn along with everyone else. -
A Nation at Risk Report
<a href='http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html' > #2 in the top 5!! his was a report given by Ronald Reagan about our education system. He said that "a rising tide of mediocrity was eroding the educational foundations of society". There were studies made that showed that America was declining acedemically and this started the educational reform movement of the 1980's. There was an increased emphasis of computer literacy, homework, and basic skills. This helped create our curent standards.
