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Education in colonial period
Around the 1600's schools began to be more established. Religion was vital and schooling had only been done at home prior to this. -
Northwest Ordinance
When the northwest ordinance was established they made it so that University was apart of the establishment. -
Common School Movement (most important)
The idea of establishing well organized schools for children to receive a proper education. Before this only certain children were attending school and not getting that good of an education. Horace Mann was an advocate in helping these schools get started. This has helped lead us to the public schools that we have now.
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Monitorial school system, infant schools
Monitorial systems is when students were used as helpers to the teacher and passed on info to other students. Infant schools were provided for students 4-7. -
population growth and immigration
Lots of people were immigrated to the US. This meant that children needed a place to go to school. The US then needed to provide an education for all these children. -
Progressive Reform Movement
During the progressive era the goal was to pull children out of factories and move them back in to the schools. They wanted children to recieve and education, even though most children said they liked to work, people felt like it was wrong. -
Committee of Ten
The committee of ten was a group of ten educators that were working to standardize American high school curriculum. -
Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement involved African Americans and their rights. This was the fight for equal rights, which helped lead to all children getting the same education. -
Brown vs. Board of Education (most important)
Brown vs. Board was the fist initial step in giving everyone an equal free education. Without this today we wouldn't have segregated schools or diversity of any kind. It was one of the first steps in knocking down racial issues in Education. Every person deserves and Education.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (most important)
This act was passed to provide federal funds for all schools. Lyndon B Johnson pushed for this and equal education for all students. Every five year its renewed and became the No Child Left Behind Act. Now it is Every Student Succeeds Act.
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IDEA (most important)
The individuals with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities receive a free customized Education. This is so pivotal because it was the first time children with a disability felt equal and included. This is still exercised today in schools. We are now working very hard at making sure students with disabilities get the education they need and deserve.
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A Nation at Risk
A nation at Risk was made because it was a concern that the nations education was failing to meet the needs for workforce. A nation as risk was created to help with the quality of teaching and learning. -
School Choice Movement
School Choice Movement was when parents wanted children to have the choice to education, other than public schools. They started private schools and charter schools. -
No Child Left Behind (most important)
No child left behind was designed in 2001 to make sure that students were getting the education they needed. In order to do that they created standardized tests. This is still used today in schools. Testing is used to determine how students are doing in class.
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Impact of John Dewey
John Dewey believed that students learn through doing. He wanted students to have hands on activities that encouraged them to learn more and to be more interactive.
