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First Free School Opens in Virginia
State of Virginia begins to educate students in mass no matter the class or societal position the student resides from. This change is the beginning of the education system which would eventually engulf the United States education system to design curriculum that fits many different students. -
John Locke "Some Thoughts Concerning Education"
John Locke's essays titled “Some Thoughts Concerning Education’ introduces possibly the first form of curriculum for schools. His primary focus in the essays are the thought thats schools should use time to teach work ethic to students to better fit for society. -
Christopher Dock "Schul-Ordnung"
Charles Dock writes the book Schul-Ordnung which is the study and understanding of school management. This book is first development of school management development. Docks management was very progressive for the time. Dock moved away from tougher punishments to focus more student encouragement. -
English Academy
Benjamin Franklin helps establish the English Academy which creates more modern curriculum including many courses like history, geography. The academy would eventually become Penn University.
This curriculum development would change education from basic English and arithmetic to the more current core four including social studies and sciences. -
Young Ladies Academy
Young Ladies Academy opens becoming the school for women in the original 13 colonies. This changes the American education moving forward from all male to now include female students. -
Massachusetts Public School Law
The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all students. This is on course with the beginnings of modern public school system. -
National Education Association
National Education Association was formed to establish a standard secondary school curriculum, the Committee of Ten, recommends a college-oriented high school curriculum. This is one of the first forms of standardized national curriculum. The committee determined years at each level of education primary and secondary. The committee also structured the first form of core content areas. -
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, KS
Brown vs Board of Education. Landmark Supreme Court Case ruling overturned Plessy vs Ferguson which stated separate but equal segregation is legal under law.
This establishes under law that all American students under law will receive equal education. https://youtu.be/1siiQelPHbQ -
Title IX
The act states “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance” (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972). Though many people associate this law only with girl's and women's participation in sports, Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in all aspects of education. -
No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and replaces the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB. The goal of this act is to provide teachers assistance in planning and implementing programs that were designed to close the gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.
