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The US Declaration of Independence declares all MEN are Created Equal
Spefically meaning white, straight males. Women and people of color were not considered eqaul to men. -
Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge
Thomas Jefferson proposed three free years of school/education to non-slave children. -
Act of Naturalization
This act restricted te granting of citizenship to "free white persons', leaving out people of color and women, -
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Mixing Children in Schools
Working, white men suggested we'd mix poor and rich children in schools to create equal opportunity. -
The First Normal School
It opened in Lexington, Massachuttes. -
NEA was Founded
National Education Association was founded by 43 different educators. -
Teacher Rush to the South to Teach
Female teachers rushed to the South to create social equality and polictal rights for freed/former slaves. -
The 14th Amendment is added
This admendment protects the basic rights of the Bill of Rights and the rights passed by state and local governments. The states can no longer take away any rights granted to a citizen of the USA. -
The First Public Kindergarden is created
The first public kindergarden is created to fight urban poverty. -
Frances Bellamy Composes the Pledge
Frances Bellamy composes and then introduces the Pledge of Allegiance to educators at a NEA meeting. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This case allowed segregation in schools in public schools. "Seperate but equal". Homer Plessy was only 1/8ths black but was still treated like any full black American citizen. This case highlights the princible that race is a social and legal reconstuction. -
"Schools Should be used as Social Centers"
John Dewey explains at a NEA meeting that schools should be used a social centers -
Margaret Haley Delivers an Iconic Speech
Haley delivered a speech that sparked the rise of teacher unionism and the founding of AFT, eventually. -
Takao Ozawa v. United States
This case involved a Japenese immigrant who graduated from Berkley in California. His family was very Americanized, they spoke English and attended a Christian church. The main issue was whether "white persons" had to do with skin color. The Ozawa family was fair skinned because most Japanese have light skin. -
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
In this case a Indian immigrant applied for citizenship under Caucasian. Scientifically, Thind was Caucasian because of a common ancestor. The court rejcted this and the word "Caucasian" as an explanation for white people. -
Citizenship for Native Americans
Native Americans were granted citizenship even though many of their ancestors were European. Also, Native Americans were here before anyone else and didn't have citizenship until 1924. -
NEA Recommends Teaching Sex Education
National Education Association recommends teaching Sex Education in schools to protect familly and marriage values. -
The Word Teenager was Used
Teenager was used to explain children ages 13 to 19. High school had created youth culture and the word "teenager". -
West Virgina State Board of Education v. Barnette
Children can no longer be expelled for refusing to participate because of the First Amendment (freedom of religion). -
Federal Government Launches Life Adjustment Program
The "Life Adjustment Program" includes education for moral living, skills in fundamentals, education for living/livehood, emphasis on the dignity of work and appropropriate learning experinces. -
New York's Teachers Federation Declares Iconic Strike
In Buffalo, New York teachers demand higher salaries. -
New York's Feinberg law was passed.
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The National Defense Education Act Passes
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The Human Captial Theory Provided the Arguements for the War on Poverty
Programs like "Head Start", the TV show Seasme Street and other school programs are made to fight off poverty. -
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The Original Proposal
This proposal was by Milton Friedman was very similar to the choice provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 -
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Involvement in Schooling
The federal government became more involved in public schooling, they started funneling programs through the state government to local school districts. -
Theodore Schultz Exposes Economists
He says, "Economists have long known that people are an important part of the wealth of the nations". He argues that nations should invest in schools as a stimulus for economic growth. Children are the future. -
Engel v. Vitale
This case denied public schools' right to force kids to pray due to the first admendment. -
Abington School District v. Schempp
Bible reading in school is no longer aloud. -
Gary Becker Publishes the "Human Captial"
In "Human Captial", Becker explains that economic growth depends on knowledge, informations, ideas, skills and health of workspace. He explains that investments in education could improve human captial, which would then improve economic growth. -
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act
This act established federal control of money for American public schools to shape the local school policies. This act also turned the federal Office of Education into a policing agency. Their new job was to decide whether schools were segregated and if they were, deciding on the conditions of the minorities in these "seperate but equal" situations. -
The Immigration Act
This act fixed the bias attitude that favors European immigrants over the world's regions. -
Pickering V. Board of Education of Township High School
The most important US Supreme court decision dealing with the rights of teachers. -
- Mexican American Students Boycott in East Los Angeles
The students demanded bilingual programs, courses for Mexican history and culture, and for Mexican American food to be served in cafeterias. They also demanded the schools to hire more Spanish speaking teachers and to fire anti-Mexican American teachers. -
Tinker v. Des Moines Inpendent School Discrict
It was a landmark case involving free speech rights for students. -
Lemon v. Kurzman
This case established a three part test for determining the constitutionality of government programs that benefit religion. This case provided salary supplements to teachers in private religious schools. -
Career Education Begins
The federal government makes an effort to make education relevant to the workplace. -
Daniel Bell Coined the Term "Post-Industrial"
Bell coined "post-industrial" and predicted a shift from blue-collar to white-collar labor requiring a major increase in educated works. -
Congress passes Public Law 94-142
Education for all hanicapped children act. It guaranteed equal education opportunites for all children with disabilities. -
The First Time NEA Supported a Presidental Candiate
The NEA supported president Jimmy Carter before he was elected. -
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Labors Started Expecting More
Labors started expecting greater testing and certifications. It became more difficult to become a teacher. You had to have the appropriate credentials. -
The Federeal Government Reports the Nation is at Risk
The human captial and knowledge economy arguement became a national issue. The federeal government blamed the poor academic quality of American public schools for causing lower rates of economic productivity than Japan and West Germany. -
Mueller v. Allen
This case had to do with a Minnesota law that allowed tax payers to take deductions from incomes to pay for things like tuition, textbooks and transportation for students at elementary and high schools. -
The Organization U.S. English is Founded
The organization was founded by S.I. Hayakawa, a former republican senator. Their main goal was to make English the official language of the United States. -
D.A.R.E is founded
D.A.R.E or Drug Abuse Resistence Education teaches students to live a drug free and healthy lifestyle. It encourages students to make good decisions. -
The Sex Respect Program Motivates Students
The sex respect program movtivates teenagers to practice chasity or no sex before marriage. -
Bethel v. Fraser School
School authorites can now punish students for saying something lewd, indecent or harmful. -
Myra and David Sadker Notice the Sexism in Textbooks
, The Sadkers discovers that men are in the history text books two to three times more than women are. -
An Ethiopian Man is Beat to Death
A group of teenage skinheads attack and beat an innocent Ethiopian man to death in Oregon. The incident influenced the Teaching Tolerance Project to begin. -
Standardized Test Discriminating against Women
A New York judge recognizes the content bias and economic value in standard testing. The judge ruled that the scholarships from standardized tests, like the SAT, discriminated against female students -
President George H. Bush announces "Goals 2000"
President George H. Bush announces "Goals 2000" to link schools to global economy. "Goals 2000" included providing federal grants, required report cards and included a plan for federal support of private school vouchers. -
Grouping in Math Classes
A study finds the use of ability grouping in math classes in the USA was two-thirds higher in other classes. -
Discrimination against Female Students
Susan Estrich, professor of law and political science, states that 60% of National Merit Scholarship finalists were male even though women in school get better grades than men. -
Myra and David Sadker Notice the Sexism in Textbooks Again
The Sadkers, after looking through a 631 page history textbook, only 7 pages related to women. Two of those pages were about a 5th grade girl visiting the Soviet Union. -
Bill Clinton ran for Democratic Party
Bill Clinton stated in one of his speeches, "A competitive American economy requires the global market's best educated, best trained, most flexible work force." -
Shannon Faulkner and the Citadel
Shannon Faulkner was fighting for access into an all-male military college, The Citadel. One of the alumni there said the word “woman” was used a derogatory term. -
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Increase in Revenues
Total elementary and secondary public school revenues increased from $350 billion to $611 billion, a 74% increase -
The American Association of Women Releases a Report Proving the Shortchanging of Women in Schools
The AAUW releases a report that states more and more women were enrolling in intense math classes than boys were. However, boys dominated technology and computer science which caused girls to stray away due to confidence -
The Columbine High School Massacre
Two students at Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado kill 13 students and then kill themselves. This massacre is still the most famous school massacre of all time. -
High Tech High
It’s located in San Diego and opened to solve the labor shortage. It started off with 200 9th and 10th grade students selected from 1,000 applications. -
Curriculum Standerds are Created.
"No Child Left Behind" act enforces teachers to create curriculum standerds to guide instructions in local public schools. -
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Decided on a landmark decision having to do with school vouchers and religious schools. The primary issue in this case was the use of government-funded vouchers to attend religious schools. People believed that this was a violation of the First Amendment. -
"Partnerships in Character Education" was Added to No Child Left Behind
The section "Partnerships in Character Education" states that schools must teach character education in classrooms as a lesson. -
Education Week Feature
Education Week featured a model charter school organization in Minnesota called the EdVisions Cooperative. -
The Wage Gap is Proved Through a Study
Women with a degree earn $2.9 million in their lifetime and without a degree earn $0.7 million but men without a degree earn $1.1 million in their lifetimes. -
Teachers Vote for a Change
Denver teachers voted 59% to 41% for a merit pay system using the standardized test scores that show student achievement. -
The US Department of Education Give More Rights to Teachers
Highly qualified teachers can now take another three years to become highly qualified in another subject. -
The National Council of Education Providers formed
This organization was formed by six for-profit school companies to lobby more money for charter schools and character friendly regulations -
Global Labor Market and Inequality
A report claims that the global labor market contributes to the growing inequality of incomes in the US -
The SAT Suffered Public Relations Problems
The SAT suffered due to the fact that their scoring company, Pearson Educational Measurement, allowed scoring sheets to be damaged by moisture. -
Kerry Killinger Gives Iconic Speech at the Opening of the National Education Summit
Killinger, CEO of Washington Mutual, explains that we are facing global economy with workr that aren't prepared for the high paying jobs that are fueling the economic growth around the world. She claimed that we have to use the summit to prepare the children/students for these jobs. -
A Reward for Teachers
Houston Board of Education approved a $14.5 million program that rewards teachers for the scores on their classes’ standardized test -
A Threat Towards the Federal Government
Tom Horne, Arizona’s superintendent threatened to sue the federal government over the requirement to include scores of the ELLs in determining AYP. -
Karl Alexander and Doris Enwisle Predict and Prove a Reason for Drop Outs
Both sociologists predict and prove in "Diplomas Count: An Essential Guide to Graduation Policy and Rates", that a student that repeats any grade between K-8th drop out more than any other student. -
Condition of 2006
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that 15% of students in public schools were attending public schools of choice. -
Iconic Education Week Headline
The headline stated that the real estate market was connected to testing scores. The headline said “Scores Linked to Home Prices”. -
An Example of the Testing Industry was Released to the Public
Testing is a for profit industry, two of the biggest test makers. The Newsweek magazine said “The SAT vs. the ACT” and explained the big business access of college and standardized testing. -
Home-Schooling
The number of home-schooling students was about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003. -
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43 School Associated Violent Deaths
43 students between the ages of 5-18 died school associated violent deaths. 21 of the 43 were homicides and 5 of the 43 were suicides. -
A Census Proves Richer are Richer and Poor People are More Poor
Rich people, since 1990, have only gotten richer while poor people have gotten poorer. Money is ranked 20% groups or quintiles. There is a special catergory for those in the top 5% of house hold income. -
Iconic Speech by Brian Schweitzer
Governer of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, while speaking on early childhood investment, explains that we are competiting with eachother and other countries. -
"Prepares People in our Education Goals Skills, Edcation & Competitiveness" is issued
The partnership for the 21st century skills issued this report to prepares people in our education system to succeed in the global skills race because it's the next competitve issue. -
Presidential Candiates Address the Global Economy
Both Republican and Democrat parties, on national platforms, stress the line between schooling and economic growth in the global economy. -
A Survey of Racial Concepts in New York City's Schools
The book, "Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age", reports a survey of racial concepts in New York City's schools. Racial identity varied with newer immigrant groups. -
The Economic Stimulus Package
The increasing control of the federal government over local schools is the economic stimulus package that was signed by Barack Obama. -
A Survey Proves Students are Bullied because of their Sexual Orientation
6,209 students confess in a survey by "The New York City" that 91% of them experinced verbal harrassment because of their sexual orientation. 39% said they were assulted because of their sexual orientation. -
The Suicide of Phoebe Prince
Phoebe Prince, 15, hangs herself because of months long bullying and harrasment online because of her relationship with a football player. School officals knew of the online bullying but ignored it. This event led to school officals nationaly paying better attention to their students online lives. -
A census askes people if they consider themselves Hispanic, Latino or Spanish Orgin
They discovered that people from Central America, South America and non-Spanish speakers have no way of identifying themselves. -
The Center of Public Education make a Statement about Private Schools
Public schools conclude that the variety of charter schools makes it difficult to make a conclusive statement about their success. -
State-Led Education Standards
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) released a set of state-led education standards. -
The Common Core Standerds are Published
The common core standerds are adopted by the National Governers Association and published. -
NCES Discovers a Relationship in Attendence in Schools
NCES discovers that in high proverty schools and dropping out. A lot of students were dropping out in high poverty areas. -
First Ethical System
Confusion based societies guide their communities with an ethical system for the first time in history. This system was created by Confucius, the Chinese scholar.
