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Robert Recorde Publishes "The Grounde of Artes", the first mathmatics textbooks. Used + and - symbols in his text. in 1557 Recorde used the = equal sign.
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With the founding of the first American High School in Boston, Science was offered. There was science taught in schools before as a practical application for students.
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The administrators felt knowledge of the Laws of Physics was necessary for higher education.
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Public Tax Supported Schools for all children
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American Mathematical Society founded to further mathematical research and strengthen mathematical education.
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathmatics is established in hope that education reforms come from the teachers of mathmatics.
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Committee on the place of Science in Education of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Scientific thinking and mastery of science was considered important.
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The College Board introduced Chemistry, Physics and Biology for advanced students.
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Money began to be allocated to increase focus on Science because America was behind. The U.S. Government implemented national science programs in an effort to "catch" America up with Russia.
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$887 million was provided to Science Education as a response to Sputnik.
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests were introduced nation wide with science knowledge questions.
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President Nixon created a grant program to provide curriculum development and teacher training for additional science concepts to be taught in public schools.
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Association for Women in Mathematics engourages women and girls to study and have careers in mathmatics.
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In 1983 President Reagan brings funding to expand the science curriculum for K-12 and gives awards of money to the nation's top teachers.
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The Science Education for Public Understanding Program developed hands on and inquiry-based curriculum to introduce food safety, water pollution and others in an effort to make science engaging for students and begin more student centered learning.
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Natioinal Council of Teachers of Mathmatics. The publication stressed problem solving, communication, connections and reasoning in elementary math education.
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Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy are developed for accomplishments to be noted in grades 2, 5, 8 and 12.
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The National Research Council produced the National Science Education Standards. The intention was to set a curriculum and goals of achievement for students and to hold the public schools accountable for student learning and progress.
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Principals and Standards - an update of the NCTM Standards. Detailed standards for K-12 Math Education in content and processing skills.
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The NCLB act took focus off of Science curriculum and education in order to focus on math and reading. This especially impacted the elementary science curriculum, but has also had an impact on the secondary schools as well.
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The second President George Bush proposed 136 billion dollars over a ten year span for Science Research and science education.
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CCSS - Common Core State Standards Initiative. These standards have been initiated to encourage students to solve real-world problems. (CCSS). According to an article in U.S. News, Janet Napolitano began the initiative in 2006 to improve the math and science curriculum. The reasoning given was “America couldn’t lead the world in innovation and remain being competitive if we didn’t have an internationally competitive education system.” (Linn, VP of the Business Roundtable, Education and Workforce
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The National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Achieve are working towards re-writing the Science standards and curriculum in the United States. The purpose of this is to acheive more student driven learning throug inquiry, trials and conclusions.
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http://www.nas.edu/rise/backg3a.htm
http://www.kean.edu/-frosborne/E3230/E3230-03history.htm
https://www.preceden.com/timelines/68269-history-of-science-education
http://hechingerreport.org/timeline-important-dates-in-u-s-science-education-history/
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