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Harvard College
Harvard become the first higher education institution in America. -
Massachusetts Law Requirement
This Law passed in Massachusetts requiring all town with at least 50 families would have to hire a schoolmaster to teach students how to read and write. In towns with 100 families, their schoolmaster must teach them grammar to prepare them for Harvard. -
The First Public Library
The first publicly supported library in the U.S. is established in Charles Town, South Carolina. Two years later, the General Assembly of South Carolina passes the first public library law. -
Slates
This is where each child owned a book-sized writing slate encased in a wood frame. This was used for practicing script and it traveled to and from school with the student each day. The student scratched the slate with a slate pencil, which was a cylinder of rock. Eventually, the slate pencil was replaced by soft chalk, making it easier to write. -
Christopher Dock
He is a Mennonite and one of Pennsylvania's most famous educators, arrives from Germany and later opens a school in Montgomery County, PA. Dock's book, Schul-Ordnung, published in 1770, is the first book about teaching printed in colonial America. -
Common School
Meant to serve all individuals of all classes and religions. They were funded by taxes and created a more unified culture. -
Massachusetts Law
This was a law in Massachusetts requiring towns of 500 families must have a public high school for students to attend. With the passing of this law more people started to create the mind set of education being important. -
Horace Mann
He felt that through education crime would decline sharply as would a host of moral vices like violence and fraud.
He also persuaded the Massachusetts legislature to establish a six month minimum school year in 1839 Mann Ideals about common schools continue to motivate education reform today -
National Education Association
This is the largest labor union and professional interest group in the United States.It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. -
Smith-Towner Bill
To create a Department of Education, providing federal funds to public schools. -
Lev Vygotsky
He created the concept that educators should introduce ideas that are above a student's skill level. As a student starts to develop the skills given the educator will slowly start backing away from assisting that student. -
ELL Establishment
English Language Learners (ELL) were made to be important after Florida school started an ESL program. -
Rehabilitation Act
This was a civil rights act making schools had to provide accommodations for disabled students. -
Columbine School Shooting
This school shooting was the deadliest in the nation that left many dead. Because of this tragic event this created tighter safety procedures and surveillance cameras. It also stared discussions on whether teachers should be armed to protect their students. -
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
This case helped send students to religious schools that provided certain constitutional prerequisites were met using publicly funded vouchers. -
Common Core Standards
Every state has to developed its own learning standards that specify what students in grades 3rd though high school. Every state also has its own definition of proficiency until graduation.
