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Thomas Jefferson
"Our freedom depends on delivering a quality education to future generations"-Thomas Jefferson
He was a great advocate for education and believed in enabling parents to make more decisions regarding their child's education. -
Horace Mann
Increased funding of public schools and better training for teachers. As Editor of the Common School Journal, his belief in the importance of free, universal public education gains a national audience. -
Committee of Ten
Working group of educators that, recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum. -
Immigration
Immigrants coming to United States for a better education opportunity. This crowded schools, and still many were working rather than going to school. -
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Secondary Movement
When High schools spouted across the United states. American youth entered high schools at a rapid rate. -
Progressive Reform Movement
Progressive education seeks to make schools more effective agents of democracy. -
Impact of WW2
Much of the country's resources go to the war effort and education is put on hold as many young men quit school to enlist; schools are faced with personnel problems as teachers and other employees enlist. -
Brown vs Board of Education ***MOST IMPORTANT
Court case that ended legal segregation led by Oliver Brown. This supreme court case found that separating black and white students is strictly unconstitutional. This is significant because it changed how our school systems were set up, and really started to make way for change. This is when it changed to be the all inclusive system we still strive for today. today, we welcome diversity and teach our students acceptance.
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Sputnik and NDEA
Sputnik was the first satellite in space, and the NDEA provided funding to education. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
provides federal funds to help low-income students, which results in the initiation of educational programs. -
A Nation at Risk Report **MOST IMPORTANT
Calls for sweeping reforms in public education and teacher training. looking for expanding high school. This was significant because we kind of took a look at our schools and said we need to be better. We need to make our education greater, and teach out students better. I think this is significant today because we are still going off of this and still always striving to be better. We want to learn from this and continue to be better. requirements.https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/risk.html -
No Child Left Behind ***MOST IMPORTANT
Requires standardized testing, holds schools accountable for student achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB. This was such a drastic change and reform to our education system. Focusing the attention on standardized tests. It still impacts us even though we now know testing should be real life applicable.
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Standards Movement ***MOST IMPORTANT
Real-world learning goals and launched this effort to ensure all students, regardless of where they live, are graduating high school prepared for college, career, and life. This is significant because it made it so all students had the same goals and learning objectives. It is useful because it makes every student be on the same page. This is still very relevant in todays education, and we are required to use these standards for our lessons.
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ESSA
Every student succeeds act. States set their own goals, but they must address proficiency on tests and graduation rates. Held highly accountable to these goals. Replaced NCLB. -
John Dewey **Most important
Engaging in experience, exploration of thinking, his concern with interaction for learning provide a continuing framework & his passion for democracy for educating so that all may share in a common life.This is significant because it set the stage for how education should be. His ideas were so ahead of his time that we still use today. We still use some of his original ideas. He was an education informer who's ideas are still influential today. http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/john.html
