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John Locke
(1704) s credited with developing the theory that children are shaped by their life experiences and perceptions of those experiences, according to a web page on the University of Eastern Illinois's website. -
Latin Grammar schools
This caused them to put their first major stress on secondary and higher learning. This stress caused the establishment of Latin Grammar Schools. In a further attempt to ease their fears of not having an educated ministry the Puritans founded Harvard College. In order to enter this college one has to pass an entrance exam which demanded that they knew how to read and speak Latin and Greek. -
Deluder Satan Act
First law saying children are required to go to school. -
Massachusetts Bay School Law
Children must be taught how to read and write. -
Christion von Wolff
(1754) Christian von Wolfius, was a Rationalist philosopher of the German Enlightenment. His corpus includes over 26 titles, spanning more than 42 quarto volumes, with contributions primarily in the areas of mathematics and philosophy. -
Benjamin franklin
(1790) He was a journalist and writer, establishing one of the first newspapers in the American colonies, a statesman and an ambassador to France, as well as one of the leaders in the American Revolution, an inventor, and an educator who founded the Philadelphia Academy, a secondary school that opened in 1751 -
Dame Schools
A Dame school was an early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. They were usually taught by women and were often located in the home of the teacher. -
johna pestalozzi
(1847) Born in Zurich, Pestalozzi took up Rousseau’s ideas and explored how they might be developed and implemented -
french and indian war
ended 1763 -
Noad Webster
(may 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education." His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read, secularizing their education. According to Ellis (1979) he gave Americans "a secular catechism to the nation-state. -
New England Primer
the first reading primer designed for the American Colonies -
Friedrich Froebel
As an educator, Froebel believed that stimulating voluntary self-activity in the young child was the necessary form of pre-school education (Watson, 1997a). Self-activity is defined as the development of qualities and skills that make it possible to take an invisible idea and make it a reality; self-activity involves formulating a purpose, planning out that purpose, and then acting on that plan until the purpose is realized (Corbett, 1998a). -
Treaty of Paris
ended Jan 14, 1784 -
YOung Ladies Academy
first all female academy in america. -
Constututional Convetion
through September 17, 1787 -
Constitution and bill of rights ratified
the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, become the law of the land. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was an American politician and education reformer, best known for promoting universal public education and teacher training in "normal schools. -
Catherine Beecher
(1800-1878) Catharine Beecher devoted most of her life to the cause of women's education, believing that women were responsible for the education and moral development of the next generation -
William Holmes McGuffey
college president that is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of textbooks. It is estimated that at least 122 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. -
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
(born May 16, 1804, Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S.—died January 3, 1894, Jamaica Plain [now part of Boston], Massachusetts), American educator and participant in the Transcendentalist movement, who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States -
African Institute
as founded in 1807 after Britain abolitionists succeeded in ending the slave trade in Great Britain. The Institution was formed to succeed where the former Sierra Leone Company had failed - to create a viable, civilized refuge for freed slaves in Sierra Leone, Africa. -
war of 1812
december 24, 1814 -
Boston English High SChool
The English High School of Boston, Massachusetts is one of the first public high schools in America, founded in 1821 -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America to receive her medical degree. She served as a pioneer for women in the medical profession and promoted the education of women in the medical profession through lectures and by opening her own medical college for women -
McGuffey Readers
McGuffey Readers were a series of graded primers, including grade levels 1-6, widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and in homeschooling. 1960 -
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others. -
New york state asylum for idiots
a residential facility in Syracuse, New York for mentally disabled children and adults -
Lincoln University
The Lincoln University is the United States' first degree-granting historically black university. Founded as a private university in 1854, since 1972 it has been a public institution -
Booker T Wasington
Educator Booker T. Washington was one of the foremost African-American leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founding the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University -
National teacher association
is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States,[2][3] representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers -
Alfred Binet
July 8, 1857 – October 18, 1911) was a French psychologist who invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet-Simon scale.[2] His principal goal was to identify students who needed special help in coping with the school curriculum. Along with his collaborator Théodore Simon, Binet published revisions of his intelligence scale in 1908 and 1911, the last appearing just before his death -
John Dewey
was the most significant educational thinker of his era and, many would argue, of the 20th century. As a philosopher, social reformer and educator, he changed fundamental approaches to teaching and learning -
us civil war
ended april 9th, 1865 -
Emancipation Proclamination
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university in Washington, D.C. It is classified as a research university with high research activity. -
14th Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws to former slaves following the american civil war -
Maria Montessori
probably the best known of the thinkers. She was the first Italian female physician, and, years ahead of her time, was a feminist and a children's advocate -
American association on developmental disabilities
Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which covers many everyday social and practical skills. This disability originates before the age of 18. -
American association on intellectual and disabilities
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is an American non-profit professional organization concerned with intellectual disability and related developmental disabilities. AAIDD has members in the United States and more than 50 other countries. AAIDD Logo. -
Carlisle indian industrial school
After witnessing the initial success of the Indian students at Hampton Normal and Agricultural School, General Richard Henry Pratt decided to establish the first all Indian school, Carlisle, in 1879 -
Committee of Ten
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last four years of statutory formal education (grade nine through grade twelve) either at high school or split between a final year of 'junior high school' and three in high school -
first morrill act
the Morrill Act provided each state with 30,000 acres of Federal land for each member in their Congressional delegation. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal. -
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget was born on August 9, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Over the course of his career in child psychology, he identified four stages of mental development, called “schema.” He also developed new fields of scientific study, including cognitive theory and developmental psychology -
Lev Vgotsky
The work of Lev Vygotsky (1934) has become the foundation of much research and theory in cognitive development over the past several decades, particularly of what has become known as Social Development Theory -
Spanish american War
to august 1898 -
American Federation of Teahcers
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is an American labor union that primarily represents teachers. Originally called the American Federation of Teachers and Students, the group was founded in 1900. -
Joliet Junior College
Joliet Junior College, a community college based in Joliet, Illinois, was the first public community college founded in the United States. -
Benjamin Bloom
Benjamin Bloom is recognised as the the leader in the pursuit of defining educational objectives early this century. Developing a classification system (a taxonomy) of educational objectives, Bloom divided his findings into three domains; COGNITIVE domain PSYCHOMOTOR domain AFFECTIVE domain -
WWI
nov. 11 1918 -
Madeline C Hunter
(1916–1994) was an American educator who developed a model for teaching and learning that was widely adopted by schools during the last quarter of the 20th century. She was named one of the hundred most influential women of the 20th century and one of the ten most influential in education by the Sierra Research Institute and the National Women's Hall of Fame. -
Smith-Hughes Act
promoted vocational agriculture to train people and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
Progressive Education Association
s a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century; it has persisted in various forms to the present. The term progressive was engaged to distinguish this education from the traditional Euro-American curricula of the 19th -
Tennessee vs. John Scopes
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Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
The SAT is a globally recognized college admission test that lets you show colleges what you know and how well you can apply that knowledge. It tests your knowledge of reading, writing and math — subjects that are taught every day in high school classrooms. -
Great Depression
1939 -
Herbert R. Kohl
born August 22, 1937)[1] is an educator best known for his advocacy of progressive alternative education[2] and as the author of more than thirty books on education.[3] He founded the 1960s Open School movement[4] and is credited with coining the term "open classroom." -
WWII
september 2 1945 -
Gestalt Theory
Gestalt psychology or gestaltism (German: Gestalt "shape, form") is a theory of mind of the Berlin School. Gestalt psychology tries to understand the laws of our ability to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in an apparently chaotic world. -
GI Bill
a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans -
National School Lunch Act
It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day -
Brown vs. Board of Education
the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Ruby Bridges
she went to a segregated kinder garten. her school had to segregate. Ruby only african american to attend william frantz all white. -
National Defense Education Act
providing funding to United States education institutions at all levels. -
Salem Witch Craft Trials
Ended May 1963 -
Civil rights act
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
THe elementary and secondary education act
an extensive statute that funds primary and secondary education. It also emphasizes equal access to education and establishes high standards and accountability. -
Project head Start
The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families -
Kindergarden
a school or class that prepares children for first grade. A child in kindergarten is typically 5 or 6 years old. -
Bilingual Education Act
the first piece of United States federal legislation that recognized the needs of Limited English Speaking Ability (LESA) students. -
McCarver Elementary School
McCarver Elementary School serves Tacoma's poorest population of students. It has the largest number of homeless students. Its academic outcomes are poor. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. -
Indian Education Act
The Indian Education Act of 1972 (IEA) provides federal assistance in education over and above the limited funds appropriated annually for Indian education programs in the Office of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, to help close the gap which now exists between Indian education and the general educational level of the United States. -
Rehabilitation Act
The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors. -
Plyler v. Doe
case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a state statute denying funding for education to unauthorized immigrant children and simultaneously struck down a municipal school district's attempt to charge unauthorized immigrants an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented immigrant student to compensate for the lost state funding -
California Proposition 227
Proposition 227 changed the way that "Limited English Proficient" (LEP) students are taught in California. Specifically, it: Requires California public schools to teach LEP students in special classes that are taught nearly all in English. This provision had the effect of eliminating "bilingual" classes in most cases. -
No child left behind
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is a United States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students.