Intro to Professional Education

Boston Latin School becomes the first public school as well as the oldest existing school in the U.S.

1635

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Benjamin Harris prints The New England Primer

1690

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Noah Webster finishes A Grammatical Institute of the English Language

1783

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States gain control over education

1791

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George Pillans invents the chalkboard

1801

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Oberlin College becomes the first U.S. college to admit both men and women.

1833

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Margarethe Schurz founds first kindergarten in Watertown, Wisconsin

1856

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The National Teacher’s Association is founded by forty-three teachers in Philadelphia

1857

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The first Department of Education is created

1867

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The Pledge of Allegiance is first used in public schools on Columbus Day.

1892

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Richard Prentice Ettinger creates loose leaf textbook

1914

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Mandatory school attendance laws are in place in every state

1918

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The Scholastic Aptitude Test is given for the first time

1926

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Frank W. Cyr leads standardization of school buses

1939

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The National School Lunch Program is created

1946

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Congress passes the National Defense Education Ac

1958

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The first ACT test is administered by Everett Franklin Lindquist.

1959

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Head Start is created by Jule Sugarman

1965

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McCarver Elementary School is the first magnet school

1968

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Michael S. Hart invents the e-book

1971

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3-D printers allow educators to teach students about concepts such as engineering and then let the students apply it on a small scale.

Period: 1983 to 2019

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TI-81 calculator is invented

1990

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CompuHigh opens as first online highschool

1994

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The Box Tops for Education program is created by General Mills

1996

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Blogs and Wikis allow for faster research and discussion among students

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 192 in book.

Word processors are used in the classroom.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 192 in book.

Presentation software such as Prezi are being used to convey information in the classroom.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 193 in book.

Digital storytelling allows for the most reluctant students to learn to engage in writing.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 196 in book

Drill and practice programs help students to improve their fluency many different areas

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 197 in book

Schools are moving to ubiquitous computing to allow for each student to have access to a mobile device in and out of the classroom

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 199 in book

Document cameras allow for increased participation in science classrooms so that students don't have to crowd around tables as much.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 199 in book

Spreadsheets allow students to track and organize data in science classrooms.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 200 in book

Virtual field trips allow students to "travel" through the internet to view remote areas and learn more about them.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 202 in book

Tutorial software allows teachers to use computers let students learn at their own pace.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 203 in book

Virtual schools allow for students to earn credits they may have otherwise not had access to.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 205 in book

Computers help in enabling kids with special needs to have the most normal classroom experience possible

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 206 in book

Simulations are used to aid in teaching subjects that would be too expensive or dangerous to normally cover.

Period: 2000 to 2019

Page 202 in book

The North American Council for Online Learning is created

2003

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The Common Core State Standards Initiative is launched

2009

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