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First Public School
The schools name is Boston Latin school and still teaches a "contemporary classic education." When it opened it was the first public secondary school. -
The Want for Common Schools
Horace Mann was the first commissioner/ first state school superintendent that wanted Common Schools. He published a journal "The Common School Journal". He wanted this for uneducated children and immigrants. -
Bureau Building Schools for the Freed
The bureau was run by the War Department, and its first and most important commissioner was General Howard, a Civil War hero who was very sympathetic to blacks. The Bureau's task was to help the Southern blacks and whites make the transition from slavery to freedom. This involved building schools in the south. Over three thousand schools were built for the freed people. -
Kalamazoo School Case
In Kalamazoo, Michigan the men who didn't have children didn't want to pay taxes for schools. The issue was so bad that it was taken to the Supreme Court and deemed that education is important for their population. The Supreme Court said that everybody gains and teaches students responsibility. This effect caused all the states to pass public school laws. -
Forcing Native Americans to and Education
As the main tenet of the effort to assimilate them into Anglo - American culture. Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools where they are required to speak English and attend church. -
Sex Education Starts
Between 20 percent and 40 percent of schools across the country begin teaching sex education, some under the title of “moral education.” Courses become even more widespread over the next three decades. -
Banning Religion in Schools
The Supreme Court ruling in Engel v Vitale forbids organized prayer in public schools. The following year, reading the Bible is banned. The cases set a precedent for limiting prayer in public schools. This is still in affect in schools today. -
Government Gets Invovled School's Test Results
Standardized testing is used to measure school performance, and
scores are not reported to the government and public. The federal
government takes a larger role in subsidizing schools and wants them to be held accountable. -
Wanting to get Connected.
All American schools have access to the Internet, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. If the schools provide the internet to the students it is payed for and some schools even provide a device the students can use. -
No Student Left Behind
Signed into law by President George W. Bush, No Child Left Behind increases federal funding for education and ushers in standard based reforms. Proponents argue that it has increased schools’
accountability, while some opponents say it has made testing the focus of education, at the expense of critical thinking. This program is being used more and more in schools each year. This is why testing has become so important in they system of Education.