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Massachusetts Bay School Law
requires that parents ensure their children know the principles of religion and the capital laws of the commonwealth -
John Amos Comenius
known as the father of modern education and was the first to recognize that the play of childhood was learning, produced the first children's picture book "The World Illustrated" -
Christian Wolff
describes the human mind as consisting of powers or faculties, called Faculties Psychology, this doctrine holds that the mind can best be developed through "mental discipline" or tedious drill and repetition of basic skills and the eventual study of abstract subjects such as classical philosophy, literature, and languages. This viewpoint greatly influence American education throughout hte 19th century and beyond. -
Thomas Jefferson
proposes a two track educational system, with different tracks for "the laboring and the learned". He viewed this basic education as instrumental to securing "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness", for Americans because it helps an individual "understand his duties" and "know his rights" -
Pennsylvania State Constitution
calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling. -
Johann Pestalozzi
established what is considered to the first school to teach Preschool aged children -
James Pillans
invented the blackboard, still very popular today. The chalkboard is one of the best inventions in education -
The African Institute
later called the Institute for Colored youth, opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Now called Cheyney University, it's the oldest institution of higher learning for African Americans -
Elizabeth Blackwell
graduates from Geneva Medical College, becoming the first woman to graduate from medical school. She later becomes a pioneer in the education of women in medicine. -
Maria Montesorri
opens the Children's House in Rome -
The Smith-Lever Act
establishes a system of cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities and provides federal funds for extension activities -
The Scholastic Aptitude Test
better known as the SATs, is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test. -
Jean Piaget
"The Child's Conception of the World" is published. His theory of cognitive development becomes an important influence in American development psychology and education. -
U.S. Supreme Court
announces its decision in the case of Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that "separate education facilities are inherently unequal" thus overturning its previous ruling in the case of Plessy v Ferguson -
The Higher Education Act
is signed at Southwest Texas States College, it increases federal aid to higher education and provides for scholarships, students loans and establishes a National Teachers Corps. -
Jerome Bruners
Toward a Theory of Instruction is published. His views regarding learning help to popularize the cognitive learning theory as an alternative to behaviorism. -
Kindercare
the first Kindercare is opened, Accommodating 70 children, the center featured a distinctive exterior decorated with a Humpty-Dumpty motif and a red bell tower that would eventually be incorporated as the company's logo. -
Michael Hart
founder of Project Guttenberg in the E-Book, after being given the United States Declaration of Independence, He typed the text into the computer but was told that it would be unacceptable to transmit it to numerous people at once via e-mail. Thus, to avoid crashing the e-mail system, he made the e-text available for people to download. -
The National Association of Bilingual Education
is founded, a non-profit membership organization that works to advocate for educational equity and excellence for bilingual/multilingual students in a global society. -
The Smart Board
is introduced by SMAT Technologies, was the first interactive whiteboard to provide touch control of computer applications and the ability to write over standard Microsoft Windows applications. -
No Child Left Behind Act
is approached by Congress, mandates high stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels
