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Benjamin Franklin
He had less than 2 years of formal school, he helped develop 2 colleges. He worked out his own learning system. -
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Thomas Jefferson
He drafted the Declaration of Independence, proposed a bill in Virginia to have free schools every 5 to 6 square miles. He tried to teach them everything they needed to know to become a good citizen. -
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Smith-Hughes Act
Cornerstone that joined legislative actions. -
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
She opened a school of her own in Lancaster, Massachusetts and 2 later in Boston. -
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Commons School
The belief that public of free schools and pauper schools were synonymous and that those schools were for the poor. -
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McGuffey Readers
Included stories, poems, essays, and speeches. They establish America’s moral values. Were not overly religious -
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Horace Mann
Creation of the Common School Movement. He believed that education should be paid for. -
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John dewey
He believed that human beings learn through a hands on approach -
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Booker T Washington
He spent his life making education available for African Americans in the Civil War. He was the most influential African American of that time. After finishing school he became a teacher -
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Children with Disabilities act
The first to utilize the first “special needs” classes was in Germany. Congress passed a law that provide students with disabilities to have equal opportunities of learning and education. -
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Maria Montessori
There are more than 5,000 montessori schools in the US, there are 600 in the UK that are privately funded. She was the first Italian female physician. -
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Normal school
They were established to train elementary-school teachers for common schools. -
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Dick and Jane Readers
They called for new primers that focused on phonics and introduced real literature to students. -
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Known as the greatest supreme court, but it was a violation of the 4th amendment. -
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Civil Rights Act
Did not address bilingual education ended segregation in schools. Led a greater social and economic mobility for African American’s and banned racial discrimination. -
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Most important piece of education in U.S. history. -
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Frederick Froebel
Believed in volunteer self-activity in the young child self- activity was defined. -
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Project head start
provided child development services to low-income children, their families, and the community -
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No child left behind
Brought a test-based accountability to scale across the United States.