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In the 17th century, education was not a requirement. For many, education was a dream.
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More than a century later the first academy for girls was established in 1787.
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Three nations–Germany, Sweden, and England–influenced the early development of physical education in the United States.
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Physical education would start in just about 1820 when schools focused on gymnastics, hygiene training and care and development of the human body.
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After society embraced this new philosophy, the first public school in the U.S. was established in 1821
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The Round Hill School, a private school established in 1823 in Northampton, Massachusetts, was the first to include physical education as an integral part of the curriculum.
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The Young Men's Christian Association launched its very first chapter in 1851 and focused on physical activities
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In 1867, education in the U.S. received a major boost: The Department of Education was established, George Peabody donated 2 million dollars to help public education in the south, and Howard University for African American students was established
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By 1870, public schools were present in every state with secondary public schools outnumbering private schools
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Three years later in 1873, an economic depression hurt formal education. Many schools closed because they lacked the funds to staff the school with teachers and supplies.
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In 1893 Thomas Wood stated that "the great thought of physical education is not the education of the physical nature, but the relation of physical training to complete education, and then the effort to make the physical contribute its full share to the life of the individual.
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In 1913, technological proponent Thomas Edison stated "Books will soon be obsolete in the schools."
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By the 1920s, the U.S. education system bounced back.
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Children during this time were put to work in factories so their parents made them work and finally go back to school. As children were transitioned from factories to public schools, the Association of American Universities was created.
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There was some form of compulsory public school physical education in thirty-eight states by 1930.
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By the year 1950, over 400 institutes had introduced majors in physical education
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Segregation in schools went to the Supreme Court in 1954 with Brown vs. Board of Education. Following this monumental decision, schools in the south began the slow process of desegregating schools.
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Into the 1950s, there was a steady growth of physical education in the public schools.
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Till 1970 that an amendment was made to the Federal Education Act that allowed women from high school and college to compete in athletic competitions
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As segregation came to an end in the 1970s, schools in the U.S. now had a new problem to tackle—technology.
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The country also faced a recession around 1970 and 1980 and the dearth of government funding means that physical education programs were often the first to be cut from schools and universities.
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Technology started making its way into the classroom with the introduction of the calculator and computers in the 1970s.
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As computer size shrunk, companies such as Apple, started donating them to universities. As the year’s progressed, these processing machines became smaller, more affordable, and more advanced. Endless possibilities were imagined by educators and scientists alike.
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Microcomputers became affordable in the 1980's, many software products were introduced to drill students on basic skills.
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The 1983 A Nation at Risk report called for all high school graduates to be able to both understand and use computers
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By the 1980s, computer-aided instruction was common in both K-12 and higher education.
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By 1990, multiple computers could be found in classrooms nationwide. Leading to the technological revolution.
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Over the last two centuries education has become an integral part of American society with attendance increasing from 59% to 94%.
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As our society continues to embrace new forms of communication, networking, and computer technologies, our schools are scrambling to keep up.
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The No Child Left Behind Act continued to reinforce this notion by stating students must be technologically literate by the time they start high school.
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Today, educational technology is viewed as just another tool that teachers can use, rather than as something that can or should replace teachers
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Over the past 10 years, the number of emails sent each day has increased from 12 billion to 247 billion.
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Tablet sales to the K-12 market exploded 340 percent between 2011 and 2012.
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85 percent of adults reported using the internet
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U.S. Census reported there are all disparities across racial lines when it comes to access and use of technology.
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82% of teachers report being a member of a social media network.
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Thanks to technology we don't have to worry about not having a TV, no tablet, no phone, and no computer. With technology our lives are way easier and not as complicated anymore.
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Majority of teachers believe that digital technologies such as the internet, social media, and cell phone encourage higher levels of creativity
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Virtual schools are playing an ever-increasing role in the education of students. Nearly 2 million students take courses online.
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Today, over 90 percent of American adults use a cell phone. The cell phone is the most rapidly adopted technology