History of Special Education

  • American School for the Deaf

    American School for the Deaf

    Where they developed the formal communication method know today as American Sign Language. It was located in Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet invented the first school of the deaf
  • Perkins Institution for the Blind

    Perkins Institution for the Blind

    The first school established for the blind in the United States. Perkins plays an important role in the history of education in America. More than 175 years ago, Perkins' founders were committed to opening the doors to education, literacy, and independence for people who are blind and deafblind.
  • Law Mandating Compulsory Education

    Law Mandating Compulsory Education

    Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to enact a compulsory education law in 1852, having already passed a similar law in 1647 when it was still a British colony. The 1852 law required every city and town to offer primary school, focusing on grammar and basic arithmetic.
  • Columbia Institution

    Columbia Institution

  • Association of Instructors of the Blind

    Association of Instructors of the Blind

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Essentially established the constitutionality of racial segregation.The case originated in 1892 as a challenge to Louisiana’s Separate Car Act (1890).The law required that all railroads operating in the state provide “equal but separate accommodations” for white and African American passengers
  • Beattie v. Board of Education

    Beattie v. Board of Education

  • Council for Exceptional Children

    Council for Exceptional Children

    The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is a professional association dedicated to improving the educational success of children with disabilities and/or gifts and talentsCEC focuses on improving the quality of special and general education. To achieve this goal, the council works with state and local education districts, the federal government, and other education organizations to find ways to better identify, teach, and care for children with exceptionalities.

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