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Massachusetts: First general compulsory school law
The first compulsory education law in America was enacted in 1642 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This law required parents to provide an understanding of the principles of religion to children under their care, as well as an education in reading, writing, and a trade. Read more: Compulsory School Attendance - Development of Compulsory School Attendance Philosophy and Laws, Exemptions and Alternatives, Issues Associated with Compulsory Attendance http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1878 -
OLD DELUDER SATAN ACT
The Law of 1647, also known as the Old Deluder Satan Act, was born out of this above-mentioned parental negligence. It was at this point in our nation's educational history that formal schooling as we know it became more desirable.
The Law of 1647 required that towns of fifty families hire a schoolmaster who would teach children to read and write. Towns of a hundred families must have a grammar schoolmaster who could prepare children to attend Harvard College. -
FIRST PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
The first actual mental asylum in America opened in 1769 under the guidance of Benjamin Rush, who became known as "America's first psychiatrist." Benjamin Rush, who became known as America's first psychiatrist was a professor at America's first psychiatric hospital in 1769. This hospital, located in Williamsburg, Virginia was to be the only such institution in the country for fifty years.
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Jean Marc Gaspard Itard WORKED WITH WILD BOY
Itard is noted for his work with deaf-mutes, and was one of the first to attempt the education of mentally retarded children in a systematic fashion. He is especially famous for his work with Victor, the “Wild boy of Aveyron,” a feral child. Itard developed a special program, the first attempt at special education, to try to teach him language and empathy, which he considered the key attributes that separated human beings from animals. -
THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET
Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL.D., (December 10, 1787 – September 10, 1851) was a renowned American pioneer in the education of the deaf. He helped found and was for many years the principal of the first institution for the education of the deaf in North America. When opened in 1817, it was called the "American Asylum for Deaf-Mutes" in Connecticut, but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf.
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PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
Perkins School for the Blind is committed to providing education and services that build productive, meaningful lives for children and adults around the world who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired with or without other disabilities.
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EDOUARD SEGUIN
Edouard Seguin was a French physician who worked with mentally handicapped children in France and the United States. He was a student of French physician Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, the educator of Victor, the "The Wild Child of Aveyron." Seguin pioneered modern educational methods for teaching the severely retarded. -
Committee of Ten
The National Education Association appointed a Committee of Ten to establish a standard curriculum. This committee was composed mostly of educators and was chaired by Charles Eliot, the president of Harvard University. The Committee of Ten recommended eight years of elementary education and four years of secondary education. The committee defined four different curricula as appropriate for high school. -
Indiana Supreme Court opinion for State v. Bailey
In 1901 the authority to mandate school attendance was expressed in the Indiana Supreme Court opinion for State v. Bailey. The finding stated that "the welfare of the child and the best interests of society require that the state shall exert its sovereign authority to secure to the child the opportunity to acquire an education Read more: Compulsory School Attendance - Development of Compulsory School Attendance Philosophy and Laws, Exemptions and Alternatives, Issues Associated with Compulsory -
Edward Thorndike
Thorndike wrote that “psychology makes ideas of educational aims clearer. Psychology contributes to a better understanding of the aims of education by defining them, making them clearer; by limiting them, showing us what can be done and what can not; and by suggesting new features that should be made parts of them. When one says that the aim of education is culture, or discipline, or efficiency, or happiness, or utility, or knowledge, or skill, or the perfection of all one's powers, or develop -
John Franklin Bobbitt
He wrote the following books: The elimination of waste in education (1912); The curriculum (1918); and How to make a curriculum (1924). Ralph W. Tyler was one of Bobbitt’s students at the University of Chicago. -
Compulsory school attendance for all states
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The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education
The Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education was instrumental in starting a standard of forming goals before reforming schools. At this point in history, changes were needed because of increased enrollment in secondary schools. -
SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS FOR "MENTAL DEFECTIVES"
The first special education class for "mental defectives" was founded in Providence, RI. -
BUCK V BELL
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), was the United States Supreme Court ruling that upheld a statute instituting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the mentally retarded, "for the protection and health of the state." It was largely seen as an endorsement of negative eugenics—the attempt to improve the human race by eliminating "defectives" from the gene pool.
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Prince v. Massachusetts
In the 1944 case of Prince v. Massachusetts, the U.S. Supreme Court declared: "Acting to guard the general interest in youth's well being, the state as parens patriae may restrict the parent's control by requiring school attendance, regulating or prohibiting the child's labor, and in many other ways" Read more: Compulsory School Attendance - Development of Compulsory School Attendance Philosophy and Laws, Exemptions and Alternatives, Issues Associated with Compulsory Attendance http://education -
FAIR HOUSING ACT
The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all types of housing transactions. The Act defines persons with a disability to mean those individuals with mental or physical impairments that substantially limit one or more major life activities.
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REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973
The Rehabilitation Act (Public Law 93-112), first signed into law in 1973 and recently reauthorized in 2004, supports and promotes the rights of individuals with disabilities.
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) publishes Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989)
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The National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST) was established
The National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST) was established at the urging of Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander (1993) -
Goals 2000: Educate America Act,
Goals 2000: Educate America Act (1994) President Bill Clinton signed the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, creating a special council to certify national and state content and performance standards, opportunity-to-learn standards, and state assessments. -
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (IDEA)
First passed by Congress in 1975 as the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142), the IDEA legislation required that all students with disabilities up to age 21 must be provided with free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment and with accommodations.
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23rd ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
According to the 23rd Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of Individuals with Disabilities Act, the national shortage has produced situations where almost 400,000 teachers who provide special educational services are not cetified. -
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
With the implementation of the NCLB, all students in the United States, including students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and other students with disabilities, are now subject to the same high academic standards as their peers who do not appear to have any form of disability.
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clerc_Center/Information_and_Resources/Info_to_Go/Laws/NCLB_and_IDEA.html -
H. Lynn Erickson
Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction
