History of Education

First Latin Grammar School Developed

1635

• Beginning of schools and educational importance

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boston-Latin-School

Havard College was established

1636

• First college established
• Still a very well known college to this day
• Set high standards

(https://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/harvard-glance/history#:~:text=Harvard%20is%20the%20oldest%20institution,of%20the%20Massachusetts%20Bay%20Colony.&text=Harvard%20University%20has%2012%20degree,Radcliffe%20Institute%20for%20Advanced%20Study.)

New England Primer became the most popular learning device

1690

• Leads to textbooks,
• Set standards to learn the alphabet and religious teachings

(https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-New-England-Primer)

Noah Webster introduced the first "speller"

1783

• Universal tool so all words are spelled the same way
• Still used to this day in classrooms

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noah-Webster-American-lexicographer

First academy school for girls opens in Philadelphia

1787

• First time girls are given the opportunity to learn
• Leads to more opportunities for girls
• Leads to woman equals of men in present day work force

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/womens-education/#:~:text=John%20Poor%20(1752%2D1829),where%20the%20Constitution%20was%20written.

First Montessori School opens in New York

1911

• Creativity for education accepted as a new way to learn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedmon_School#:~:text=The%20Caedmon%20School%20is%20an,second%20in%20the%20United%20States.

John Dewey publishes :Democracy and Education"

1916

• Hands on learning style accepted
• Advancing progressive educations movement

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/852/852-h/852-h.htm

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

• Ends segregation in schools
• Begins the attempt to change the mentality of the nation that blacks are equal
• All races receive the same public education

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka

Bible is banned in school

1963

• All religious teaching in public schools in now banned

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_prayer_in_the_United_States#:~:text=In%201955%2C%20the%20New%20York,school%20districts%20under%20its%20purview.&text=It%20made%20its%20second%20in,Prayer%20unlawful%20in%20public%20schools.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

1965

• Helped all students with their pace of learning, enforcing equal opportunity for all children

https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-of-1965/