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First Education Laws
Massachusetts ordered by law that children should have an education. -
Benjamin Rush
The entire nation would support letting schools be free so that all may attend, -
Women to become Teachers
Academies were opened to teach women how to become teachers. -
First Secretary of Education
Horace Mann was the first Secretary of Education. He promoted public school and went around checking on the schools. He visited thousands of schools within his 6 years. He made the schools into what we think of school being, with chairs, blackboards, and texts.
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Benjamin Roberts
Roberts sued the city of Boston so that his daughter could go to any school. Separate could be equal. Boston because the first city in the U.S. to ban segregated schools.
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First Kindergarten in the US
One of Froebel's pupils, Margaretha Schurz, opened the first kindergarten in the United States in Watertown, Wisconsin. Today, the kindergarten is recognized for its importance in the educational process and as a socialiZing force. It is the cornerstone of the American educational system. -
Bishop John Hughes
School system that didn't erase religion but embraced it. Fought to have religion in the school system. Created a separate Catholic school system. -
McGuffey's Readers
Sold 122 million copies. Students would learn how to read at the same time learn how to moralities of society at the same time.
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John Dewey
Learning needs to be centered around the child. Students need to learn from what is around them. Schools need to have art, history and science.
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Work, Study, Play
Emerson School, Gary Indiana
Kept kids in motion and kept kids engaged in the learning. Classes were made around the students that kept the students busy and interests the child. "Every working man is a scholar and every scholar was a working man. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JOTS/v31/v31n1/pdf/volk.pdf -
New York's English only schools
These schools taught immigrants how to speak english. Teachers would be kind to students who were learning english. -
Organizations of Schools
Schools started to create organizations where there were teachers, librarians, cafeteria works, and so on to make sure every part in the school was being ran by someone. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Fought for the segregation to end in the school systems. The High Court banned segregation in public schools. -
Lyndon Johnson
Equal chance of education means an equal chance at life. Passed civil rights act. -
IDEA
Free public education for all students no matter the disability. -
No Child Left Behind
All students will have education no matter what. They don't have to worry about keeping up with the class because the teacher will help keep them up to date on school work.
