CTE Timeline

By sandra.crook
  • 470 BCE

    Plato

    He was known for being Socrates student and studying science and math. Greek philosophy.
  • 469 BCE

    Socrates

    He was a Greek philosopher that studied education.
  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle

    He was a Greek philosopher who rejected Plato's theory and thought that students should have a well rounded development in education. Plato's student.

  • Publication of Rousseau's Emile

    This is a publication about Rousseau's philosophy of education and how students need to know how to survive in society.

  • Horace Mann

    He was an American educator that believed that education should be free and universal. He died in 1859

  • Thomas Jefferson

    He was the 3rd president and pursued the trades industry. He died in 1826.

  • John Swett

    He is the father of the California school system and made it free for all students. He died in 1867

  • Ellen Richards

    She was the first women admitted to Massachusetts's institute of Technology and a pioneer in the field of sanitary engineering. She died in 1911.

  • Women's Suffrage

    This suffrage was for women to be able to vote in the United States and was a step towards equality of men and women. The suffrage went on for over 70 years.

  • Booker T. Washington

    He was a president and educator that developed the Tuskegee Institute which was a powerhouse for African-American education. Died in 1915.

  • John Dewey

    He studied humans and behavior, he was the leader of the progressive movement in education. He died in 1952.

  • Alice P. Norton

    She helped organize the Sanitary Club that taught where she was teaching classes about home and family life. She died in 1928.

  • Morill Act

    This act that gave funding to land grant universities which emphasis on agriculture and mechanics.

  • Martha Van Rensselaer

    She was the co-director of the College of Home Economics. She died in 1932.

  • Industrial Revolution

    This caused new careers for youth, from the new mechanization, manufacturing, and transportation during this revolution. This was not a good time for youth in poverty as they would have to work at these factories instead of going to school. The revolution lasted up until World War II.

  • David Snedden

    He was an American educator and started the field of educational sociology which promoted vocational agriculture. He died in 1951

  • Rufus W. Stimson

    He was an American Educator that introduce engaging agricultural students in education and for them to look at opportunities outside of agriculture. He died in 1947.

  • W.E.B. Du Bois

    He fought for African American students to have equal and quality opportunity for education. He died from 1963.

  • Technology Revolution

    This revolution followed the industrial revolution and ended in 1920.

  • Charles A. Prosser

    He is the father of Vocational Education and made the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act. He died in 1952

  • Major Dennis Mobley

    He was an agricultural teacher and organized Future Farmers of America in 1928. He died in 1955.

  • Second Morrill Act

    This act required states to have separate land-grant universities for black students or prove that admissions was not restricted by race.

  • World War 1

    This caused changes in the education system though curriculum in the United States and required patriotism sessions. Students were not able to go to school as much during the war either because the schools were used for housing, and male teachers were drafted for war. This lasted until 1918.

  • Smith-Lever Act

    This act established extension services at land-grant universities.

  • Smith-Hughes Act

    This act promoted vocational classes and careers in industry, trades, and homemaking, this act funds vocational education.

  • American Vocational Association Development

    This was the year that it was developed and they created 6 different subjects areas that are still taught today.

  • George Reed Act

    This act provided even more funds to agricultural and home education.

  • George-Dean Act

    This act provided $14 million per year in federal funding to vocational education.

  • World War II

    During this war funding that was supposed to be used for schools was redirected to the war. Curriculum was also more specialized after the war, including vocational classes. This war lasted until 1945.

  • Hatch Act

    This act funds research in agriculture for land grant universities.

  • George-Barden Act

    This act gave more funding to vocational classes but it was more flexible in this act.

  • Civil Rights Movement

    This was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans, this led to Title IV which prohibits discrimination in public schools because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

  • Sputnik

    This was the Earth's first artificial satellite that went up to space, launched by the Soviet Union. This pushed America's education to science and engineering to "catch up" with other countries advanced in technology.

  • National Defense Education Act

    This act provided federal funding for higher education, including making universities more accessible.

  • Manpower Development and Training Act

    This act helped train and retain workers in automation and technological change.

  • Vocational Education Act and Amendments

    This act authorized funds to aid states to establish vocational education programs in schools.

  • Educational Amendments Title IX

    This act ensures students will not be excluded from anything in school based off sex.

  • Job Training Partnership Act

    This act helped youth and unskilled adults become trained to go into the workforce.

  • Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

    This act was to train workers and provide them with jobs in public services.

  • A Nation at Risk Report

    This report explained how America's education system was failing at educating students.

  • Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act

    This act supplements vocational programs in public schools with funding.

  • Perkins Act II

    The second act provided even more funds to vocational pathways.

  • New Directions Report

    This is a book that recognized that agricultural education needed to be included in public education.

  • Education Amendments Act (Perkins 3)

    This act required schools to show their outcomes from their vocational programs.

  • Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)

    What came out of this report showed that when a job requires a high-skill, they need a high-wage.

  • School to Work Opportunities Act

    This act provided states with funding for school to work to prepare students for future careers and education.

  • Land-Grant to Tribal Colleges

    This program provided scholarships to tribal students that is available in agriculture, conservation, and natural resources.

  • No Child Left Behind Act

    This act is for all students to have the same opportunity at education.

  • American Vocational Association to Career and Technical Education

    The name officially changed to Career Technical Education in the government.

  • Strengthening Career and Technical Education

    This act provided renewal of funding as well as exploratory in finding more pathways to cover for CTE.