Education History

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  • First Junior High school

    In 1909 in Columbus,Ohio the first junior high school was approved in order to broaden education and influence more students to make it to high school rather than drop out in lower elementary.

  • John dewey publishes "democracy and education"

    hands on learning style accepted and progresses education movement

  • Intelligence test

    Intelligence test
    Developed by Robert Yerkes and other psychologists, this test was aimed at testing future soldiers and placing them rapidly in proper positions going into world war one.

  • Dalton Plan

    was apart of a progressive movement in education which questioned the prior philosophy that education was only efficient when drilled and memorized.

  • First SAT administered

    First SAT administered
    based off of the army's IQ test, this was used by Harvard originally to assess students academically in order to see their eligibility for a scholarship program being provided by the school.

  • feminization act

    established equality between men and women in schools and allowed women to take up teaching.

  • ballpoint pen

    ballpoint pen
    the ballpoint pen was created which encouraged more legible pieces of writing and ones which could be preserved. this allowed teachers to assess writing better and for writing to be more comfortable for students.

  • GI Bill

    GI Bill
    designed to create better opportunities for returning war veterans. provided free materials for school and training for jobs in of their interest.

  • Brown v Board of Education

    Brown v Board of Education
    landmark supreme court case which ruled that segregation of schools was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause in the 14th amendment.

  • sputnik

    sputnik
    The soviets made history being the first to launch a satellite into orbit. In response millions of dollars were poured into public schools for new math and science curriculum.

  • First ACT test administered

    First ACT test administered
    was a test developed to focus on practical knowledge rather than cognitive reasoning in order to help students succeed and for schools to be better well rounded.

  • Bible banned

    religion in schools was taken out

  • Project head start

    Project head start
    federally funded program aimed at providing pre-school children of lower income families with a program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.

  • elementary and secondary act

    act which allows for monetary assistance for (1) local educational agencies to educate children from low income families (2) school library resources and instructional materials (3) supplementary educational centers and services

  • Bilingual act

    Bilingual act
    first federal legislation to address the needs of students with limited English speaking ability.

  • Title 9

    prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex.

  • nation failing

    Our nations amount of educated people was diminishing and the education programs were failing to make working citizens and in result lots of education reform took place.

  • IDEA act

    IDEA act
    guarantees children with disabilities a free appropriate public education.

  • first charter school

    first independent public school which runs under a charter rather than the regular federal education rules.

  • first online highschool

    first online highschool
    allows adults over 21 and students in high school to pursue a diploma. This allows redemption for those who didn't get a chance to make it through high school in the ideal time or dropped out early.