History of Education

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  • Harvard Established

    Harvard Established
    Harvard University was established on September 8, 1636. Harvard is the oldest university in the United States. It sets the standards of what colleges and universities should be. It has become one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

  • The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia

    The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia
    John Poor established The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia in 1787. It was the first chartered female academy in the United States. It helped the expansion of female education across the United States.

  • First Public Normal School

    First Public Normal School
    The school was opened on July 3, 1839. It was opened in Lexington, Massachusetts. It was the first school to teach what and how future teachers will teach. The first class consisted of 3 girls.

  • Department of Education

    Department of Education
    The Department of Education was founded. It collected information on schools nationwide and used that information to help build better schools. They also set guidelines for what schools should teach.

  • The American Federation of Teachers

    The American Federation of Teachers
    The AFT was founded in Chicago in 1916. At first, there were only eight members, excluding the union president. Over the next four years, the union added 174 members. WW1 hindered the growth of AFT, but post-WW2, the number of members blew up.

  • Brown V. The Board of Education

    Brown V. The Board of Education
    Brown v. Board of Education was a major case regarding the segregation of students within the classroom. The court ruled in favor of Brown, saying that having separate schools for different colored students is unfair and unequal.

  • Title IX

    Title IX
    Title IX is a law that prohibits the discrimination of sex in any and all things education.

  • Improving America's Schools Act

    Improving America's Schools Act
    IASA was passed in 1994 to help improve schools nationwide. A large part of it went into supporting Title I.

  • Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act

    Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act
    IDEA guarantees that students at any level get the proper attention, equipment, and curriculum to help them learn.

  • Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District

    Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
    The court ruled in favor saying, "an individualized education program reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child's circumstances."