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Dame Schools
Private elementary schools taught by women inside their homes. Young girls were mostly taught basic household chores at these schools -
Latin Grammar Schools
First school in Boston. Only for upper class white males. They studied reading, writing, arithmetic, Latin, Greek, and religion -
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Massachusetts Bay School Law
Legislative acts enacted in Massachusetts Bay Colony
1642: requiring parents and masters see to it that their children knew the principles of religion & capital laws of common wealth
1647: (Old Deluder Satan Act) Towns of 50+ families must hire a schoolmaster to teach the local children -
Deluder Satan Act
Required towns of certain sizes (50+ families) to hire a schoolmaster to teach the local children. -
New England Primer
First edition published between 1687-1690 by Benjamin Harris. Contained, the alphabet, religious content, moral lessons, and was made with thin sheets of horn -
John Locke
Father of liberalism, social contract theory -
New England Primer
First reading primer designed for American colonies; became most successful education textbook -
Christian van Wolff
Published German Metaphysics, Rational Thoughts on God, World, Human Soul, and All Things in General. -
Benjamin Franklin
Formed the first subscription library in the U.S. -
Johan Pestalozzi
Wrote "Die Abendstunde eines Linsiedlers," (“The Evening Hour of a Hermit.") explaining his educational theory and that education must be according to nature. -
Noah Webster
First person to write a dictionary -
Constitution and Bill of Rights Ratified
Articles 3-12 ratified; became first 10 amendments in the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights -
Boston English High School
First public high school in America -
Catherine Beecher
Catherine and her sister founded a school for women. -
McGuffey Readers
Book for grades 1st-6th. These books focused less on religion and more on school subject such as math and reading -
William Holmes McGuffey
Wrote the series McGuffey Readers, he had very little former education. -
Horace Mann
was elected to act as Secretary of the newly-created Massachusetts Board of Education he used his position to enact major educational reform. -
Friedrich Froebel
German educator that founded first Kindergarten (children's garden) -
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Founded 1837. First member of the seven sister colleges, first women's college. -
Young Ladies Academy
Established June 1837, by John Poor. First chartered institution for higher education for women. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
was a British physician, she was the first woman in America to receive a medical degree -
Kindergarten
"Children's Garden" A foundation before formal education. First kindergarten in the United States was in Wisconsin -
The National Teacher Association
The Largest Professional interest group in the United States. -
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
created the first kindergarden in America -
The First Morrill Act
Donated public lands to several places that might provide colleges on agriculture and/or mechanics -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln created it to concern people with the preservation of the union instead of abolishing slavery altogether. -
13th Amendment
Completely abolished slavery and indentured servitude; all were free. -
14th Amendment
Making it true that if a person is born in the United States, they are automatically granted citizenship. -
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Progressive policies, sound research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities -
Booker T. Washington
was an American educator, became the first African-American leader of the Tuskegee Institute. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Upheld segregation laws being constitutional as long as both facilities were equal in quality. "Separate but equal". -
Alfred Binet
invented the first IQ test -
Maria Montessori
Created the first Children's House in San Lorenzo -
John Dewey
Wrote "Democracy and Education" and was a philosopher, social reformer and educator. Main tactic in teaching is democracy. Believed people learn better when using hands-on activities. -
Smith-Hughes Act
Act by U.S. Congress that promoted vocational education in agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking while providing federal funds. -
Smith-Hughes Act
Promoted vocational education in agriculture, industry, & homemaking -
Lev Vygotsky
Soviet phsycologist who founded the Human Cultural Development theory. -
Jean Piaget
a Swiss phycologist who pioneered child development, had a theory called "Cognitive Development" -
GI Bill
AKA: Servicemen's Readjustment Act
Provided benefits for returning World War II veterans and their families. -
GI Bill
This was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War 11 veterans. The goal of this was to provide immediate rewards for all veterans. -
National School Lunch Act
Providing free and reduced lunches to those qualifying through subsidies (government money) to schools -
National School Lunch Act
Provided low cost or free school lunch meals to students who need it -
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Brown vs. Board of Education
This court case made it unconstitutional to have segregated schools. Was held in Topeka, KS. -
Benjamin Bloom
An American phsycologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives, and the mastery of learning. -
National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
Provided funding to education institutions -
National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
Providing funding to U.S. education institutes of all levels. -
Ruby Bridges
was the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school. -
Herbert R. Kohl
advocator of Progressive education,and wrote over 30 books. He started the 1960s Open School Movement. -
Civil Rights Act
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination (gender, religion, race, ethnicity, etc). -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Providing funds for primary and secondary education emphasizing high standards and accountability. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
This emphasized equal access to education -
Bilingual Education Act
This recognized the needs of limited English speaking students -
Bilingual Education Act
AKA: Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Policies and programs designed to help students with limited English speaking abilities (LESA) to use both their native language and the English language. -
Madeline C. Hunter
American educator who developed a model for teaching -
Indian Education Act
Legislation that established a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. -
Indian Education Act
This established a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian students -
Title IX of the Education Amendments
This was a law that prohibits discrimination on basis of sex -
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Comprehensive federal law that prohibited any type of discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. -
Rehabilitation Act
Requires affirmative action in employment by the federal government and prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. -
Rehabilitation Act
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, programs receiving federal financial assistance, federal employment, etc. -
Plyler v. Doe
Supreme Court struck down a state statue denying funding for education to illegal alien children and municipal school district's attempt to charge each illegal alien students $1000 a year as a tuition fee to compensate the lost state funding. -
Plyler V. Doe
This denied funding for education to illegal alien children
