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"Ye Olde Deluder Satan" Law
This law required towns of certain populations to appoint educators. (Kaplan & Owings) state that this law paid for school funds by means of taxation.(p. 105) The law also fined parents for not educating their children. The "Ye Olde Deluder Satan" Law was the foundation for public education to be tax funded as it is today; thus making it one of the most important events in the history of education. -
Horace Man Appointed Secretary of Education
Massachusetts created the first State Board of Education and Horace Mann was its first appointed secretary of education. No one did more to convince the American people that education should be universal, nonsectarian, and free. (Kaplan & Owings) state that Mann is known as "The Father of American Education" for all of his accomplishments in his state and across the Northern states. ( p.127) Many of Mann's accomplishments are still felt in today's education system. -
Brown v. Board of Education
In a unanimous ruling the U.S. Supreme Court wrote "separate but equal" was "inherently unequal." (Kaplan & Owings) The ruling became a watershed moment for American education. (p. 151) This momentous court cases ruling helped guide the entire education system in the right direction. Equal opportunities for all children throughout the nation. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This authorized funds for resources to support educational programs, instruction materials, professional development, and promoting parental involvement. (Kaplan & Owings) "The most important congressional action to fund education programs until that time." (p. 163) As it needed to be renewed and amended through "Titles" it paved the way for many equality programs still in effect today. -
No Child Left Behind Act
George Bush signed the law after Congress passed it the year prior. (Kaplan & Owings) This act tied federal funds directly to performance.(p. 164) The law penalized schools that didn't show improvement. Unfortunately this would hinder education in a way that the ripples are still felt today, hurting under performing schools which tended to be low-income, minority,and students with disabilities. (p. 164)
