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Colony Mandates
colonies mandated parents to educate their children -
"Old Deluder Satan Act"
every town of 50+ families had to hire a primary school teacher -
Educate or pay fines
anyone with children under their guidance had to learn to read and write by the age of 12 or learn a useful trade or they would be charged 5 pounds per child -
Dame Schools
widows or women who's children have grown would take in a few locals kids to teach the reading, writing and arithmetic -
Northwest Ordinance
Midwestern territories are required to set aside a section of land for educational purposes, which led to the creation of land grant colleges that would educate teachers and skilled professionals -
Ecole Normale
establishment of special state funded post secondary institutions, a model for the training of elementary teachers. Established in France 1794 -
First Organized School System
Massachusetts and Connecticut organize the first school districts -
First Normal School
The first normal school was founded in Lexington, MA -
Ipswitch Female Academy
prepared teachers for the fast increasing number of common schools -
Boston Quincy School
Boston Quincy School replaces multi age, one room design -
Hartford Female Seminary
Founded by Catherine Beecher -
Wisconsin School Law
stipulates that elementary education should be free to everyone between the ages of 4 and 20 -
American Women's Educational Association
Organized by Catherine Beecher to advance the role of women in the nation's development. -
Morrill Act of 1862
President Lincoln signs the Morrill Act. This gives States and Territories land to begin colleges. -
Emancipation
President Lincoln signs the proclamation , abolishing slavery. -
Carlisle Indian School
A boarding school for Native Americans, started by Richard Henry Pratt to integrate them into white civilization -
Hatch Act
land grant colleges were encouraged to set up experimental farms where faculty and students could conduct research into agricultural improvement -
Dewey Laboratory Scool
John Dewey establishes the Laboratory school that tests his own theories and allows faculty and students to study how children learn and to try out new methods of instruction -
Plessy V Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the principle that political equality did not guarantee social equality. Establised the basis of "separate but equal." -
First labor union for teachers
Margaret Haley cofounds the Chicago Teacher's Federation with Catherine Goggin as the first labor union for teachers -
Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute Founded
Now Bethune College, founded in 1904 by Mary McLeod Bethune to serve black girls in Florida -
First Female School Superintendent
Ella Flagg Young is appointed as the first female school superintendent -
Women allowed to vote
The Ninteenth Amendment allows women the right to vote -
Snyder Act
Mandates the teaching of Indian history and culture in schools -
Free Schools
A.S. Neill founds the self-governing, democratic environments where everyone votes in determining school policies and rules -
Indian Reorganization Act
Mandates the teaching of Indian history and culture in schools -
Brown v. Board of Education
ends legal segragation of black and white school children -
National Defense Education Act
passed by congress to increase American student's knowledge of math and science in the face of Soviet threats -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
federal government helps to equalize educational opportunities for all children -
Title IX
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational programs or activity receiving federal financial assistance. -
Women's Educational Equity Act
Provided federal funding to schools of model programs, training and research aimed at leveling the playing field for young women -
A Nation at Risk
government report that highlights the weaknesses in American Public Schhols -
No Child Left Behind
requires annual testing in reading, math and science and publish the results