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Colonial Period
When school began in the colonies we started out teaching reading, writing, math and prayer. School and religion where not yet separated. -
Impact of Jefferson, Rush and Webster
They disagreed on many points however they all believed that education needed to change. If students succeed they should be encouraged to go further in education and the government would help pay, and women should be aloud to go to school too. -
Common Schools
Schools should have standards they were the 3 R's Reading Writing and Arithmetic. There should be all students in the neighborhood attending the poor and rich come together. -
Horace Mann
MOST IMPORTANT He believed there needed to be a higher standard for teachers. That Schools should have a proper structure and the school should have the materials provided for the students to learn. All students should be treated equally and poor should go to school with rich. https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/horace-mann-creation-common-school/ -
Secondary School Movement
At this time we did not want students to just get a basic education and only have a few move on. We wanted all to go to high school and graduate so we could all have an opportunity to have better education. -
John Dewey
John Dewey believed in a more hands on approach. He wanted the students to learn by moving around not just sitting in desks all day. They are children they need to go out and experience the world not sit in a desk all day. -
Brown vs Board
MOST IMPORTANT This is a huge part of history where Blacks make the move to come to the white schools. Very few were brave to start the movement Ruby Bridges was one of the few to start this. The case took place in Topica Kansas where the blacks were aloud to go to school with the whites.
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Sputnik and NDEA
After the US sent a satellite into space there was an increased need in the US for math and science. So the education for those two subjects increased after the launch. -
Civil Rights Movement
After the Civil Rights movement things could now move forward with the blacks and there education. Things still struggled in places like the south but things were looking better and blacks were attending the same schools as everyone else. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This made it to where there was increased standards and abilities in the teachers and students. All students were provided the equal opportunities everywhere. -
Individuals with Disabilities Act
MOST IMPORTANT Individuals who where disabled where now able to attend schools. There was a chance for them to graduate from schools and get an education for themselves to be treated equal. They were no longer in just a caretakers house or an instantiation they were treated like they can be something special. https://sites.ed.gov/idea/ -
The Standards Movement
MOST IMPORTANT The Common Core Standards we know of today were made. This means we have a wide variety of topics and specific things we as teachers must teach. That way everyone has the same education and standards across the USA and it is all things the government approves of what we need to teach as teachers. https://www.uen.org/core/ -
School Choice Movement
MOST IMPORTANT
This was a chance that teachers are able to do more than just what the government and state want them to do. They can make education higher than just the basic standards. They are able to improve the education by having specialized teachers in subjects and have a higher education then just the norm. [Link text] https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/what-is-school-choice/ -
Growth of Standardized Testing
This is to see where the students are at academically. Not only does it tell us how the students are doing in the class it tells us how effective the teacher is teaching for the class. This holds teachers accountable for what is being taught. -
No Child Left Behind Act
President George W. Bush signed this act to test students in math and reading in elementary school and once in high school. This is to make sure the teacher does everything they can to help the student advance to the next grade.
