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Northwest Land Ordinance
This ordinance set up boundaries for different townships and divided territory's lands. Public facilities were set up in these towns-schools were one of these facilities. -
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Horace Mann
Horace Mann took the initiative in this movement and made a huge push for education reform at the time of the common schools movement. He led this movement and worked hard to accomplish what he believed was right. -
Common Schools
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The Common School movement created public schools where all students could go regardless of social class. This movement made school accessible to more children than ever before. This started public schools and changed the course of education in America forever-it gave students a place to learn. -
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John Dewey
John Dewey played a major role in the progressive movement in education. He believed that students needed to adapt and learn to their environment as they interact with it. -
Progressive Reform Movement
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Progressivism stresses that students should test ideas by active experimentation. This movement focuses on the belief that education should be focused on the whole child. It introduced subjects that weren't academic to schools and that led to a lot of electives offered in schools now. -
Committee of Ten
This committee was composed mostly of educators and was led by the president of Harvard University, Charles Eliot. The committee suggested students attend 8 years in an elementary school and 4 years in a secondary school. -
Secondary School Movement
Secondary schools began being built across America and thousands of teenagers were enrolled. These schools were designed to teach students life skills as opposed to college skills. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
MOST IMPORTANT
The Supreme Court ruling in Brown vs. Board made the segregation of schools unconstitutional. Schools were now required to be integrated because the separate schools had not been equal and African American students were not getting the education that they deserved. This started integration and because of that, students of every race and background are able to be educated in the same schools and classrooms. -
School Choice Movement
Schools other than public schools started to be established in the mid nineteenth century. The schools choice movement pushed for the parent's choice on what kind of school they wanted their kids to attend. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 moved increased the pace of desegregation because it now applied to all public and government-funded facilities. Discrimination based on race, religion, and gender was banned and institutions had to accept everyone. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act provided more than 1 billion dollars in federal funding to education. It also provided assistance to local school district in education low-income students. -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
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This act made education available to students with disabilities. They were given a place in schools so that they could learn the same things that all of the other children were learning. This is so important because students who had never been allowed to attend school before because of their differences were finally given the same opportunities as everybody else/ -
A Nation at Risk Report
The Nation at Risk Report described the increase of mediocrity happening in society. Some of the effects of this report were higher graduation requirements , standardized curriculum mandates, increased testing for students and teachers , and the lengthening of the school day and year. -
The Standards Movement
This movement called for clear standards for students and schools throughout the nation. This would help to ensure that students were learning the standards that they needed to. -
No Child Left Behind
MOST IMPORTANT
The No Child Left Behind Act required the testing of students on math and reading throughout their school years. This was to make sure that all students were getting an equal opportunity in education. This is important because it helps ensure that all students are getting the education they deserve and it makes teachers teach in ways that reach more students.
