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Overhead Projecter Invented
The overhead projector is created which allowed teachers to give presentations for class discussions. -
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How are teachers viewed?
During the beginning of this time period, teachers were supposed to be more consumed on trying to parent their students, rather than teach subject matter. Most educators predominantly were females. The Great Depression changed the way teachers were paid but after, especially in rural areas, this was no longer a source of income. Educators were how becoming poor. Also, for most women teaching was a temporary position. -
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How are teachers viewed? CONT
After they got married, many got out of the profession to become a mom and an average house wife. For the ones who stayed teaching, during the civil rights time period, they were now viewed as racist and hateful due to the idea of segregation. When schools were integrated, women became quickly over-ruled. Due to the influx of more male students, women were losing jobs to men and not taken seriously. -
Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District
Local court forbids the Lemon Grove School District from placing Mexican-American students in separate classes. -
New Schools Being Build
Works Progress Administration is created, which gives jobs to the unemployed. This caused the construction of many new schools. -
Ballpoint Pen Patented
George and Laszlo Bird created the ball point pen so students could have something else to write with. -
Adoption of School Buses
Professors at Columbia University’s Teachers College organized several events that discussed student transportation, which created the idea of school buses. -
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The Great Depression
Many schools closed during this time which left children without a school to attend. Also, many students quit school by 8th grade to work on farms full-time. -
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World War II
-Employment and education opportunity increased for women.
-Budget pulled from schools and put into the war effort instead.
-Latham Act of 1941 provided aid to school districts that were overburdened with influx of children from families employed in defense.
-The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 assisted nearly 8 million veterans in a number of areas, including funds to attend schools. -
Change in Learning
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, many men attending school, quit to enlist. Also, many teachers and faculty were being drafted. This caused a decrease in school resources. -
G.I. Bill of Rights is Signed
Franklin D. Roosevelt passed the G.I. Bill which provided educational benefits for anyone who had served in the armed forces at this time. -
Mendez v. Westminster and the California Board of Education
The U.S. distract court in Los Angeles rules that educating children of Mexican descent in separate facilities is unconstitutional, thus prohibiting segregation in Californian schools and setting an important precedent for Brown vs. Board of Education -
National School Lunch Act Approved
Congress passes the National School Lunch Act due to the fact of “the need for a permanent legislative basis for a school lunch program.” -
Everson v. Board of Education
A vote that New Jersey las which allowed reimbusrsements of transportation costs to parents of children who rode public transportation to school. -
McCollum v. Board of Education
It was ruled that schools cannot permit time for students to set aside time for religious education. -
Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952
The G.I. Bill was modified for the veterans from the Korean War. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Ruled that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock 9 enroll at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
NAtional Defense Education Act
This increased funding for scientific research as well as science, mathematics, and foresight language education. -
Engel v. Vitale
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that prayer violates the First Amendment. -
School’s Close
President JFK is assassinated and schools shut down to mourn. -
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities is formed.
Samuel A. Kirk discusses learning and perceptual disorders which influences the creation of this association. -
Civil Rights Act
Required schools to take steps to end segregation in any way possible. -
Higher Education Act is Signed.
It increases federal aid to higher education and provides for scholarships and student loans. -
National Teachers Corps Created
The National Teachers Corps was established to improve elementary and secondary teaching. -
Project Head Start
Project Head Start provides a preschool education for low-income families. -
Epperson et al. v. Arkansas
The United States Supreme Court finds the idea that “prohibiting the teaching of evolution” is unconstitutional. -
Bilingual Education Act Becomes Law
This act recognized the needs of students that had very little experience with speaking English. -
Diana v. California State Board
This created new laws that required that children referred for possible special education placement be tested in their primary language. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Pennsylvania
This was a court ruling that students with mental conditions are entitled to a free public education. -
Hand-Held Calculators Introduced
Texas Instruments introduces the TI-2500 Data Math. -
Indian Education Act
This is based of the approach to meeting the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Students. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
This law prohibits discrimination based on sex in all aspects of education and has a emphasis on the participation of women in sports. -
Gifted and Talented Education Created
This becomes a standard of a child’s intelligence and is still widely accepted in present times -
Rehabilitation Act Becomes Law
Section 504 of this states that students with disabilities require accommodations in schools and can participate in any activity they choose. -
Equal Educational Opportunities Act is Passed.
It prohibited all types of discrimination and forces educators to work to overcome these barriers. -
Education of All Handicapped Children Act Becomes Federal Law
t requires that a free, appropriate public education, suited to the student's individual needs, and offered in the least restrictive setting be provided for all "handicapped" children. -
Personal Computers in the Classroom
Apple II is one of the first successful personal computers and became very popular in schools. -
