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Colonial Period
Education was not free or public. Most schools were run by the Puritans teaching about God. -
Impact of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson strongly believed that all children should get free education. He made a 3 year free "plan" for all children so they could go to school.
http://dailysignal.com/2013/04/14/18th-century-advice-thomas-jefferson-on-education-reform/ -
Noah Webster
Wrote a book full of words for children to learn to spell. It was organized by rhyming words. Became known world wide.
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Horace Mann and Common Schools
MOST IMPORTANT
Mann believed there needed to be structure through the colonies so he held meetings to talk about common schools. Where the same books would be used and same topics discussed. This is important becuase I think it was a huge stepping stone for todays common core.
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1871/Common-School-Movement.html -
Secondary Schools
A committee of ten was put together and decided 12 years of instruction in school was necessary. -
Population Growth and Immigration
MOST IMPORTANT
Immigrants were coming to America in huge numbers so many children didn't go to school. Many kids were put to work. Protests for banning child labor laws arose. This is important for our education today because it showed america how badly we needed to improve our education.
https://mascotmoskovina.wordpress.com/art-and-dance-in-the-early-20th-century/education-in-america-in-the-early-1900s/ -
John Dewey
MOST IMPORTANT
Dewey is considered the father of progressive education. He believed in schools anchored in the whole child. Children learn by doing. Dewey is so important today becaue he changed the way the that teachers teach!
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Brown vs. The board of Education
Named after 5 separate racial segregation cases in relation to schooling. The supreme court made a law that black children could go to white schools. http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment -
Civil Rights Act
MOST IMPORTANT
President Johnson signed the act stating that all schools must be desegregated. If ignored or refused, states and districts could lose funding. This act was a turning point for America forcing no more segregation. Without it we still might be in a bad place.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
After Johnson announced the war on poverty he made this act. It allowed children from low income homes to have the same education as those from high income homes.
http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-of-1965/ -
Lyndon Johnson
Former teacher, and president of the US started the Head Start program. And low college funding.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/05/18/day-history-creation-head-start -
Individuals With Disabilities Act
This act allowed all children with disabilities physical or mental to get the education they deserve.
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/basics-about-childs-rights/how-idea-protects-you-and-your-child -
A Nation at Risk
Ronald Regan said that our education system is failing our students and needs to be better to prepare them for the future of America.
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Standards Movements
MOST IMPORTANT
Reagan decided our schools needed to be challenged. They made standardized testing and more rigorous for students. This important today becuse this has challenged students of today and pushing them to do better.
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2445/Standards-Movement-in-American-Education.html -
No Child Left Behind
President Bush signed the act for disadvantaged children.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/no-child-left-behind-overview-definition-summary.html
