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Massachusetts Bay School Law
It required that parents made sure that their kids the principles of the religion and the capital laws of the commonwealth. -
Deluder Satan Act
It was a school to save men from Satan. They believed that the community must provide an education. If the community had more than 100 members then they had to have a Latin Grammar School and give classical education -
Constitution and Bill of Rights Ratified
It ratified a constitution which limited their power and created a strong national government. -
Constitutional Convention
It was held to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation -
New England Primer
The first reading primer, it became the most successful educational textbook in the 18th century and it became the foundation for most American schools. -
War of 1812
it was a military conflict. It lasted 2 and half years. The U.S. fought against the United Kingdom and Ireland. -
US Civil War
It occured to determine the survival of the Union or the independence for the Confederacy. -
The First Morrill Act
It was a major boost to higher education in America. Gave education support directly from the government. et up to establish institutions is each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other professions that were practical at the time. -
Emcancipation Proclamation
It helped those who were slaves become free. -
13th Amendement
It abolished slavery in the United States. -
14th Amendment
It granted citizenship to all the people born and living in the United States. Gives all the people equal protection of the law. -
Gestalt Theory
It tries to understand the laws of people's ability to acquire and maintain meaningful perceptions in an apparently chaotic world. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate but equal facitilies on trains were constitutional. -
Spanish American War
It was a conflict between Spain and the U.S. The U.S. declared war when Spain sank the Battleship Maine. -
WWI
"First World War" it was a global war centered in Europe. It lasted 4 years -
American Federation of Teachers
An American labor union that represents teachers. -
Smith-Hughes Act
Federal funds that were made availiable to states to support being able to teach about agriculture, home economics, and trade in public schools. -
American Association on Intellectual and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
It is an internation association that promotes progressive policies, good research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual disabilities. -
Tennessee vs. John Scopes
It was a case where Scopes was a high school substitute teacher and they said he violated the Butler Act which made it to where they could not teach human evolution in any state funded school. -
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
It is a test made to measure basic critical reading, math, and writing skills. -
Great Depression
When people would lose money from their banks and they also lose their jobs. It all started when the stock market crashed. Everyone seemed to just be poor. It was the worst time in America. -
WWII
The second world war. It was a global war that lasted 6 years. It started from earlier conflicts. -
GI Bill
Allowed the veterans who fought in WWII funds to college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. -
Truman Commision Report
It was a report given to the U.S. government given by Harry Truman for high education in the U.S. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
It made it to where there would be no more separate black and white schools and that it was unconstitutional. -
National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
It gave money to the United States education institutions at all levels. -
Civil Rights Act
It outlawed the discrimination of race, color, religion, sex, or national orgin -
Project Head Start
A program that the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provide comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvment services to low-income children and their families. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
It has been the biggest thing to affect education. An extensive statute that gives money to elementary and secondary education. It emphasizes equal access to education and establishes high standards and accountability -
Biligual Education Act
It was the first piece of the United States federal legislation that looked at the needs of the Limited English Speaking Ability studets. (LESA) -
Indian Education Act
It helped to create the comprehensive approach to meet the unique needs of the American Indian and Alaska Native students. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
It is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on sex in any federal funded education program or activity. -
Rehabilitation Act
Federal legislation authorizes the formula grant programs of vocational rehibilitation, it supports employment, independent living, and client assistance. -
Plyler vs. Doe
When the United States Supreme Court took down a state statue for denying funding for an education for an unauthorized immigrant children. This case is limited to K-12 schooling. -
California Propostion 227
It was a law that changed the way that "Limited English Proficient" students were to be taught in California. -
No Child Left Behind
It authorizes several federal education programs that are ran by states. States are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school. -
The National Teachers Assosciation
The largest labor union in the United States. It represents teachers at public schools and other people such as: faculty and staff at colleges, retired teachers, a college students getting ready to become teachers. -
National School Lunch Act
It provided low-cost lunch and free school lunch meals to those students who are qualified.
