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Impact of Jefferson, Rush, and Webster
All of them believed that for the new country to succeed all of the people needed to be educated. Webster specifically, created his speller which became the first common American text for students. -
Northwest Land Ordinance
An ordinance set up by the federal government that set aside land that was to be used for public schools. -
Common Schools
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Horace Mann (Important)
Horace man was appointed to Secretary of Education in Massachusetts. He spent the next couple of years traveling from school to school in Massachusetts to check all of the schools he was over. He implemented a common body of all knowledge for students which is now what is happening today with the standards and common core. Link text -
(Important) Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th century
Hundreds of people flooded to the united states. This flood included children who were from different places/ cultures/ and languages. Teachers had to adapt to huge class sizes and different cultures which is what teachers need to do today with all of the different cultures that have combined to be our United States. Link text -
The impact of John Dewey
John Dewey believed the best way for students to learn was by doing. This changed the way of teaching. -
Secondary School movement
This movement occurred between 1910-1940. The increase of high schools being built and the change in ideology about high school being able to prepare students for life spurred this movement. -
Civil rights movement (important)
This was a time in history were people who were being oppressed were now fighting for their rights. In Education people fought for the right to have the same education available to African American students. This affected America drastically, once rights were won African American students were given the same rights and they have those rights today. (https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement) -
Brown Vs. Board of Education (Important)
Separate but equal had been the mantra for many educational and community facilities separating African Americans from the regular population.Brown Vs. Board of Education was the United States court case in which segregation was officially deemed unequal. This effects us still today with all of our schools desegregated and our population mixed. (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html) -
Sputnik and NDEA
The launch of Sputnik scared the United States. This event spurred the United States to pass an act giving more funding to education to allow the schools to compete with the Soviet Union. -
Elementary and secondary education act 1965
This was an act passed by Lindon B. Johnson that went along with his war on poverty. The act was to distribute funding to schools to make education more equal for all students. -
A Nation at Risk
A speech given by Ronald Reagan in 1983 that stated that schools are failing in the United States. Reagan made the school system seem that it was way behind the times and not doing any good for the nation. -
Standards movement
The standards movement was a movement that makes measuring students success more standardized by making teachers follow the standards given to them by the government. -
IDEA (Important)
Idea is an act that allows for students with disabilities to join regular students in regular classrooms. This act gave and give students with disabilities the chance to learn what the rest of the population of the united states is learning. This act impacts us today by allowing those students who had been denied access to education in our schools with us. (http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/idea/) -
Growth of Standardized Testing
The Growth of Standardized Testing happened with the No Child Left Behind Act. This requires all schools to meet a proficiency standard that is impossible for all states and schools.
