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History of Education

By shelbyjoh

  • "Agrammatical Institute of the English Language"

    "Agrammatical Institute of the English Language"
    Noah Webster wrote this three-volume work because he didn't like the textbooks from england that were used at the time.

  • 1st Kindergarten

    1st Kindergarten
    The first kindergarten in the US was founded by Margarethe Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin.

  • National Teachers Association was founded

    National Teachers Association was founded
    The NTA was founded by 43 teachers in philadelphia.

  • Department of Education

    Department of Education
    The department of education is created.

  • Pledge of Allegiance

    Pledge of Allegiance
    The Pledge of Allegiance is first used in public schools of Columbus Day.

  • Committee of Ten

    Committee of Ten
    The Committee of Ten is created to standardize american high school curriculum.

  • Mandatory School Attendance Laws

    Mandatory School Attendance Laws
    Mandatory School Attendance laws are put in place in every state.

  • School Transportation

    School Transportation
    All states have laws in place to provide public funding for school transportation.

  • SAT

    SAT
    The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is administered for the first time.

  • National standardization of school buses

    National standardization of school buses
    A conference on Student transportation organized by Frank W. Cyr leads to the national standardization of school buses

  • National Lunch Program

    National Lunch Program
    The National School Lunch Program is created to provide low-cost of free lunches for students through subsidies.
    https://youtu.be/niCmFUXNtdE

  • Brown vs Education

    Brown vs Education
    Brown vs. Board of Education case is passed, making segregated schools illegal. https://youtu.be/aX9Dmo24_cc

  • Congress passed NDEA

    Congress passed NDEA
    Congress passed NDEA to improve the study of Math, Science and Foreign Languages.

  • Dry-Erase Boards

    Dry-Erase Boards
    Dry-erase boards are replacing chalkboards due to chalk dust.

  • Box tops

    Box tops
    The box tops for education program is created by General Mills.

  • Connections Academy is established

    Connections Academy is established
    Connections Academy id established providing high-quality online education for k-12 students.

  • North American Council for online learning

    North American Council for online learning
    The North American Council for online learning is established as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement of k-12 online learning.

  • TeacherTube is launched

    TeacherTube is launched
    TeacherTube was launched; similar to YouTube, it is a platform for teachers to share educational resource videos.

  • Common core state standards

    Common core state standards
    The common core state standards initiative is launched https://youtu.be/5s0rRk9sER0

  • State virtual schools exist in 25 states

    State virtual schools exist in 25 states
    State virtual schools exist in twenty-five states by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year