The History of Education

Blackboard introduced in schools

Sep 18, 1801

http://s422.photobucket.com/user/KatieLezz/media/Library/chalkboard.png.html

National Education Association founded

Jun 9, 1857

http://www.boortz.com/weblogs/nealz-nuze/2012/jul/05/rectal-cranial-inversion-day/

Dewey Decimal System created by Melvil Dewey

Jan 1, 1876

http://www.watchmojo.com/tv/Grab/Howcast/3969171/

Plessy v Ferguson "seperate but equal" Supreme Court ruling

May 18, 1896

http://www.culturequest.us/ecomm/annstillman/Plessy%20VS%20F.html

Primary School became mandatory for American children

Aug 10, 1918

http://www.touretown.com/Visitors/See/One-Room-School-House.aspx

Laws in every state passed to require transportation to school

Aug 1, 1919

http://www.educationnews.org/ednews_today/157771.html

Vygotsky developed his Zone of Proximal Development

Jan 1, 1934

http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/PSY_376_Private_speech

the ENIAC, the first electronic general purpose computer, was developed

Apr 9, 1946

http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1946

American Association of School Librarians founded

Jan 1, 1951

http://www.lis.unt.edu/main/ViewPage.php?cid=137

Skinner influances education with his behaviorism theory

Jan 1, 1953

http://www.nndb.com/people/297/000022231/

Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court ruling

May 17, 1954

http://brownvboardofeducation1023.weebly.com/

Bloom's Taxonomy of learning objectives

Jan 1, 1956

http://www.mainlinehealth.org/phy/Page.asp?PageID=PHY000196

Overhead projectors introduced in classrooms

Jan 1, 1957

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overhead_projector_3M_01.JPG

Inquiry Based Learning introduced by Vygotsy, Dewey, and Piaget

Jan 1, 1960

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/piaget.html

Ruby Bridges, first black child to attend all white school

Nov 14, 1960

http://www.amillionlives.net/ruby-bridges-biography-the-brave-african-american-woman-who-fought-for-civil-rights.html

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

Jan 1, 1970

http://www.amillionlives.net/ruby-bridges-biography-the-brave-african-american-woman-who-fought-for-civil-rights.html

Apple 1 put on the market

Jul 1, 1976

http://www.sellcell.com/blog/apple-1-1976-computer-fails-sell-uk-auction/

Jimmy Carter signed law to implement the Department of Education

Oct 17, 1979

http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/story/11/

PC computers introduced into schools

Aug 1, 1986

http://classictech.wordpress.com/

Document Cameras Invented

Aug 1, 1988

Whiteboards spread in schools

Aug 1, 1990

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/sep/01/cirb-sheet-email

Individuals with Disabilities Act signed into law

Oct 30, 1990

http://lifespantherapies.com/stop-cuts-from-the-individuals-with-disabilities-education-act/

SMART Boards invented

Jan 1, 1991

http://purenintendo.com/2008/03/24/lego-club-saves-school-800-with-wii-white-board/

First Charter School founded in Minnesota

Aug 1, 1991

http://www.razoo.com/story/Minnesota-Association-Of-Charter-Schools

Wiki invented by Ward Cunningham

Jun 12, 1994

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham

while blog type sites were used previously, the term “web log” was coined by Jorn Barger and later changed to blog by Peter Merholz

May 16, 1997

http://petchauffeur.com/blog/

Flipped Classrooms introduced

Jun 1, 2000

http://edudemic.com/2011/12/15-flipped-classrooms/

CSAP test introduced

Aug 1, 2001

http://www.tjjournal.com/category/csap/

No Child Left Behind signed into law

Jan 8, 2002

http://www.elpacademy.com/NCLB%20Reports.htm

Facebook Created by Mark Zuckerberg

Feb 4, 2004

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Zuckerberg_at_the_37th_G8_Summit_in_Deauville_018_square.jpg

Khan Academy Launched

Sep 1, 2006

http://www.intelligenthq.com/education/khan-academy-expanding-footprint/

iPad released

Jan 27, 2010

http://stuffpoint.com/apple/image/57638/ipad-1-picture/

TCAP test introduced

Mar 1, 2011

http://www.ednewscolorado.org/news/education-news/state-scores-mostly-flat-but-growth-in-denver