History of Education

By karlt
  • Havard

    first higher education created in the United States
  • The Massachusetts Law of 1647

    Every town with over 50 families requires a schoolmaster to teach the children to read and write. In towns with over 100 families it requires a schoolmaster to teach the children Latin grammar to prepare them for college
  • Noah Webster introduces the first speller

    Universal tool so all words are spelled the same way
  • The Bill of Rights

    education becomes a function of the state rather than of the federal government
  • An Act to Establish Public Education

    An Act to Establish Public Education
    An act to put a plan for education in the future
  • Modern Blackboard is Invented

  • First Public High School Opens

    Boston English High School Opens
  • Massachusets Passed Law

    Requires towns with 500 families to have a public high school
  • Horace Mann

    Secretary of newly formed Massachusetts State Board of Education. Fought for more funding and free and universal public education
  • African Institute Created

    First institution for higher education for African Americans
  • Oberlin College

    First coeducational school
  • First mandatory attendance

  • Pennsylvannia training school

  • the first kindergarten opens

  • challes Darwin

  • the j14th amendment passed

  • Department of ed

    establish effective school systems
  • Dewey decimal system was made

  • Measurement Movement

    It involves measuring the intelligence of each human brain.
  • Scopes Trail

    Scopes Trail
    Prosecution of science teacher for teaching evolution (which was illegal)
  • school intrgration

  • National Defense Education Act

    Created in order to enhance and strengthen the American School system through funds
  • the civil rights acts was past

  • Head Start Program

    Head Start Program
    Helps Preschool children (come from low-income family)
    Providing the Program to meet their emotional, social, health, and psychological needs
  • Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

    Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
    law that allows a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities
  • Standards Movement

    Set academic standards
    told teachers what students should know in their grade
  • Google

    changed how students learn and how teachers teach
  • No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind
    Act
    Made so schools were aware and responsible for their students academic performance
  • Sandy Hook Shooting

    President called for new gun safety measures