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Education in the Colonial Period
The primary education of upper class children in colonial days included reading, writing, simple math, poems, and prayers. Paper and textbooks were scarce so boys and girls recited their lessons until they memorized them. The three most commonly used books were the Bible, a primer, and a hornbook. -
Charity Schools
Charity school, also called Blue Coat School, type of English elementary school that emerged in the early 18th century to educate the children of the poor. They became the foundation of 19th-century English elementary education. -
Monitorial Schools
Joseph Lancaster (1778-1838) led a movement to establish schools that used what he called the Monitorial System, sometimes called the "Lancasterian" or "Lancastrian" System, in which more advanced students taught less advanced ones, enabling a small number of adult masters to educate large numbers of students at low cost in basic and often advanced skills. -
Common school
A common school was a public school in the United States during the nineteenth century. Horace Mann (1796-1859) was a strong advocate for public education and the common school. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was an American reformer of education who is most commonly credited with the creation of the Common School Movement. He was a proponent of a democratic form of schooling that would be provided and funded by the state through taxation. -
The Progressive movement
The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. -
The Committee of Ten
The Committee of Ten was a working group of educators that, in 1892, recommended the standardization of American high school curriculum. -
The Measurement Movement
The movement started in 1905 by Alfred Binet, and with the help of Theodore Simon. The measurement movement was originally found to discover if a human had a retardation. Later, it transformed into measuring the intelligence of each person's brain. -
The Impact of WW2
Employment and education opportunities increased for women during World War II. Because men were leaving their ordinary occupations to fight in the war, women stepped in to fill the gaps. More women were offered opportunities for education, and many found employment in the teaching field. -
Brown v. Board of Education
MOTST IMPORTANT
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all.
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National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
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National Defense Education Act (NDEA), U.S. federal legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958, that provided funding to improve American schools and to promote postsecondary education. The goal of the legislation was to enable the country’s educational system to meet the demands posed by national security needs.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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ESEA is an extensive statute that funds primary and secondary education, emphasizing high standards and accountability. As mandated in the act, funds are authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and the promotion of parental involvement.
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IDEA
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law that requires schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities.IDEA requires that schools provide special education services. It makes sure that students with learning disability feel safe and loved.
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/your-childs-rights/basics-about-childs-rights/individuals-with-disabilities-education-act-idea-what-you-need-to-know -
The Standards Movement
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In education, the term standards-based refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating understanding or mastery of the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through their education.
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NCLB
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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002, is the name for the most recent update to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
https://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
