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Education in Colonial Times
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Common School Movement
Movement that provided students with free education and was credited to Horace Mann -
Native American Boarding Schools
Native American kids sent to boarding schools to be civilized. -
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
African Americans were able to go to school with whites but were segregated from the whites. -
Progressive Reform
In the 1920'sJohn Dewey became the standard-bearer for Progressive Education, arguing that democracy must prevail in the classroom. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Decision by the US supreme court that ruled in Browns favor. -
Standards Movement
Set goals for teachers and students to achieve by each grade. Led to the No Child Left Behind Act. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Signed into Law by George W. Bush and was to prevent gap between minority and majority.