Education History

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  • Education in Colonial Times

  • 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.