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Horace Mann
He was an advocate of women's rights and made the "common schools." He gave women the oppertunity to become teachers. -
Catherine Beecher founded the American Women’s Educational Association
Catherine Beecher founded the American Women’s Educational Association to advance women to higher status in life. This helped women to reach for higher education, so that they could teach. In the long run it set them up for higher education for all. -
Elizabeth Peabody & a few other women
They created the 1st Kindergartens in America and established schools for freed slaves.They also led efforts to improve education and social welfare of new immigrants. -
Richard Henry Pratt
He converted an old army barrack into the Carlisle Indian School, which became the model for a system of federal nonreservation boarding schools. He gave Native American's a great chance for academic success and success in the world. -
Progressive Education Movement
This movement influenced children and the individuality of the child, and the process of learning, it also uses schools to improve society. This would also teach children to be sensitive to the needs of others and cooperation. -
Sputnik
The Soviets made history for being the first to launch a satellite into the orbit called Sputnik. More than $1 billion was poured into public schools for new science and math curriculums. -
The 1965 ESEA
This Act provided financial assistance to local educational groups serving places with mainly children from low-income families to improve their educational programs in different ways. This act was changed to the "No Child Left Behind Act" in 2001. -
Title 9
Title 9 stated that no one could be excluded from a school program on the basis of their sex. This gave way for more women athletics and other opportunities, which were not granted before. -
Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr.
He mandated a desegregated plan for Boston, including forced busing for the 200 schools in Boston. -
National Commission on Excellence in Education
This was a movement to correct poor testing, reading, and mathematical skills in US students.
