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Latin Grammar School
Comparable to the secondary schools of today. Patterned after the classical schools of Europe. -
Massachusetts Act of 1642
Viewed by some as the first school law in the colonies. This law was the first which mandated education. -
Massachussetts Act of 1647
Also known as the Deluder Satan Act. (Because education was seen as the best protection against the wiles of the devil), mandated the establishment and support of schools. -
Elias Neau
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin desined and promoted the Philadelphia Academy, a private secondary school which opened in 1751. This school had a broader curriculum and replaced the old Latin Grammar School. -
Banjamin Franklin's Academy Opened
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Thomas Jefferson
He propesed a bill to the Virginia legislature in 1779 for schools that would teach 3 years of reading writing and arithmitic to all white students at no cost. -
Common School
Horace Mann, created the Common School around the "three R's" Reading, writing, and arithmetic. It was strongly structured around the Bible. -
Louisville, Kentucky appoints first school superintendent
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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
The first college for women in the United States. -
Frederick Douglas
Douglas was the first literate African American. He was a run away slave who found a home in New York. The first African American abolitionist -
Normal Schools
The first state funded school for teacher education opened in Lexington, Massachussetts. -
Pennsylvania School for Feeble-Minded Children
The state began the funding of a private school for children with intellectual disabilities. -
National Teachers Association
Now known as the National Educators Association. It was founded by 43 educators in Philadelphia. -
Freedman's Bureau
In the south, three thousand schools were built for freed people. The Bureau's task was to help the Southern blacks and whites make the transition from slavery to freedom. -
Department of Education
Was established in order to help states establish successful school systems. -
Hull House
Established by Jane Addams in Chicago, Illinois as a place of education for immigrants. -
The Second Morill Act
It provides for the "more complete endowment and support of the colleges" through the sale of public lands, Part of this funding leads to the creation of 16 historically black colleges. -
Committee of Ten
Formed by the NEA in order to establish a secondary school curriculum more suited to prepare students for college/universities. -
Association of American Universities
Founded to ensure and promote U.S. colleges and universities are up to par with their European counterparts. -
Compulsory Education Laws
These laws stated the minimum and maximum age of students that are required to attend schools. They also appointed penalties for those who did not follow this law. -
Smith-Lever Act
Established a system of cooperative extension services connected to land grant universities and provides federal funds for extension activities. -
Progressive Education Association
The organization was founded with the goal of reforming American education. -
Alvarez Vs. The Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove School District
This court case became the first successful school desegregation in the United States. It also stopped the district from placing Mexican immigrants in an "Americanization School." -
GI Bill
Thia was a means of repaying the veterens of the US Armed forces by offering them money to attend institutions of higher education, following their return from WWII. -
Central High
Nine African American students were integrated into an all white school. This caused rioting and extreme violence which required the assistance of government officials in order to keep the students and their families safe. -
Sputnik
The USSR launched the first satellite. This put the US in a hurry to educate more students in the STEM field. -
ACT Testing is first administered
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Brown V. Board of Education
African American students became tired of their inferior school systems and pushed to end "Seperate but Equal." -
Civil Rights Act
This law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
The National Association of Bilingual Education is founded
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Plyler V. Doe
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in a 5-4 decision that Texas law denying access to public education for undocumented school-age children violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling also found that school districts cannot charge tuition fees for the education of these children. -
Emergency Immigration Education Act
is enacted to provide services and offset the costs for school districts that have unexpectedly large numbers of immigrant students. -
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), is a United States Act of Congress provided help for disadvantaged students.NCLB supports standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. This Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills and to get funded after tests.
