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First Education Laws: Massachusetts
The first brick on the road to compulsory education in America was laid by the Massachusetts Act of 1642. The masses had to be educated in order to be able to understand the written codes that the colonies were now living under, both religious and secular, and without some sort of education this idea would be impossible. The response to this was, once again, the Massachusetts Law of 1642. -
Education in the Colonial Period
Upper class children where educated with tutors and lower class children had little to no education. Some lower class children where sent to dame school which was pretty much glorified babysitting. They also read from the bible, and didnt have much to read other then that. -
The Impact of Horace Mann
Horace Man was called the father of common school. He spearheaded the Common School Movement, ensuring that every child could receive a basic education funded by local taxes. His influence soon spread beyond Massachusetts as more states took up the idea of universal schooling. -
Common Schools
Common schools typically taught "the three Rs", history, geography, and math. There was wide variation in regard to grading, but end-of-the-year recitations were a common way that parents were informed about what their children were learning. -
The Impact of John Dewey
He was known as the father of progressive education, believed that if the schools were anchored in the whole child in the development of a child that teaching would be different and that learning would be different. Children learning by doing. exercising their bodies as well as their minds. And taking field trips. -
The Gary Plan
Lots of immigrants came to gary indiana because of the railroad providing jobs so they had big buildings built to accompany all grades of school. They had a curriculum that kept students in motion. They moved from class to class at the end of each hour. They wanted students to have a rich school experience. They would get involved in things that interested them. They had lots of different types of classes like auto mechanics and how to take care of animals. Every room and the playground was alwa -
Secondary School Movement
The United States led all other nations in the development of universal and publicly-funded secondary school education and much of the growth occurred from 1910 to 1940. The focus here is on the reasons for the high school movement' in American generally and why it occurred so early and swiftly in America's heartland - a region we dub the 'education belt.' -
The Progressive Reform Movement
When children were asked if they would rather work in a factory of go to school they said they would rather work in a factory. The Progressive Reform Movement banned child labor and made it so that children would go to school. Then once they banned child labor they changed the schools and how children were being taught to make it so children wanted to go to school. -
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954
His daughter was denied admission into the white school because she is black. The case went to the supreme court. 60 years of legal segregation had to end. They gave blacks the right to go to white schools and learn equally. -
The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
Making civil gains a decade after brown 98% of black children were still in all black schools. 8 years after this act 91% of blacks would attend integrated schools. -
The Impact of the War on Poverty
Aimed at helping disadvantaged students. Back then, policymakers created Medicare and Medicaid, boosted Social Security benefits, began to help fund K-12 education, established the basic contours of today’s college aid and loans for low- and moderate-income students, and launched Head Start, among other innovations. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 1965
Provided 4 billion dollars to aid disadvantaged students. quality and equality in the schooling that was offered to our young people. Are you integrated. if not we are going to cut off your funds. -
Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, 1975
Provide a free public education with all children with disabilities. They have enormous capabilities. It helped them to be included. They are now attending college. improve how children were viewed and taught. All must take the long view. -
A Nation at Risk Report, 1983
The poor quality of the nation's schools was placing the nation itself at risk. American education is being undermined by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future. American has been committing “unilateral educational disarmament.” Blame the school. more than 40% of students weren’t taking class that would get them ready for college. -
The Standards Movement
A nation at risk required a higher standard. They added computer science to the list of classes. A longer school day and school year and more homework. They shifted the weight from federal government to state and the state cracked down on students. high stakes testing was born.
