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Association of American Universities
Founded to promote higher standards and put U.S. universities on an equal footing with their European counterparts -
Binet-Simon Scate
The IQ Test is published in Europe. -
Ella Flagg Young
She is the first female superintendent of a large city school system, The Chicago Public Schools. One year later she is elected president of the National Educational Association. -
Montessori School
The first Montessori school in the U.S. opens in Tarrytown, New York. -
Achievement Test
They are first used on a large scale in New York City. -
Maria Montessori
She visits the U.S. and Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel found the Montessori Educational Association at their Washington, DC, home. -
American Federation of Teachers
The American Federation of Teachers is founded. -
John Dewey
John Dewey's "Democracy and Education. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education" is published. His views help advance the ideas of the "progressive education movement." An outgrowth of the progressive political movement, progressive education seeks to make schools more effective agents of democracy. -
Stanford-Binet IQ Test
Lewis Terman translates the Binet IQ test, publishing it as the Stanford-Binet IQ Test. -
Transportation
All states have laws providing funds for transporting children to school. -
Progressive Education Association
Is founded to reform American education -
Abigail Adams Eliot
Ms. Eliot, with the help from Mrs. Henry Greenleaf Pearson, establishes the Ruggles Street Nursery School in Roxbury, MA, one of the first educational nursery schools in the U.S. It becomes the Eliot-Pearson Children's School and is now affiliated with the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. -
Council for Exception Children
CEC formed to inform parents, teachers, and administration about education of individuals with disabilities. -
Tennessee vs. John Scopes
A trial in which teacher is charged with teaching evolution and is convicted, upholding the Butler Act making it illegal to teach evolution. -
Scholastic Aptitude Test
The SAT is first administered. -
John Piaget
Jean Piaget's "The Child Conception of the World" published detailing his theory of cognitive development. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression begins with the stock market crash in October. The U.S. economy is devastated. Public education funding suffers greatly, resulting in school closings, teacher layoffs, and lower salaries. -
Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District
Alvarez vs. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District has its first successful school desegregation case. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt is elected president and begins bold efforts to initiate his New Deal and spur economic recovery. His wife, Eleanor, becomes a champion of human rights and forever transforms the role of American First Lady. -
Works Progress Administration
Congress authorizes the Works Progress Administration. Its purpose is to put the unemployed to work on public projects, including the construction of hundreds of school buildings.
