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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson pushed public schooling in all areas of the US. He was considered the first advocate for the education reform in 1781 -
Noah Webster
Noah Webster is considered the "School Master of America". He wanted to eliminate textbooks in the classroom. Not only did he create the Webster Dictionary, but he also was the author of the Blue Black Speller in 1783, which was a book that educated students about the US. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was the first secretary of education; he rode on horseback to a thousand schools. He believed that all students had an equal chance in life, so he developed stadarized equipment in 1837. -
Great School Debate of 1840
The Great School debate of 1840 occured because people believed that there should be a seperation between church and state. -
Bishop John Hughes
Bishop John Hughes believed that there should be Catholic-Irish Schools, that way all kids could have an equal opportunity to learn. -
Smith School
This was a school that was in very bad shape; it was in poor condition, and the largest school for African American children. -
Frederick Douglas
He believed that all children should have an equal opportunity to learn and grow in schools, regardless of gender, race, or religion. -
Catherine Beecher
A female teacher who promoted female teaching in schools, and believed it was a woman's moral calling. -
John Dewey
John Dewey is considered the Father of Progessive Education. He believed in a full child approach. He is the reason that the teachers today are the way that they are. He was the autor of School and Society, which was a book written in 1899 that focused on the ways to teach a child. -
Lewis Terman
Lewis Turman invented the IQ test for kids in schools. -
John Mitchell
John Mitchell said, "To evey working man a scholar, and to every scholar a working man." He enforced the ruling of Gary Schools. -
Theordore Roosevelt
Roosevelt believed that English was the only language that should be taught in American schools. He enforced that no other languages should be mentioned or taught. -
John F. Hylan
John F. Hylan disagreed with every thing that William Worth and John Mitchell said about gary schooling; therfore took out the Gary Plan entirely -
Julian Nava
Julian Nava was under the Board of Education during Carter's presidency. He eliminated racial trafficking and IQ tests in public schools. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This was an act declared that "seperate, but equal" does not work. This took place is Topeka, KS. This caused a huge uproar where the state had to call in the National Guard to defend the city. -
Ellwood P. Cubberley
He believed that there should be vocational training and college prep classes in schools. He then institutionalized schooling. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satellite in space launched by the Russians. America did not like the fact that we weren't the first. With that being the result, America decided to create the National Defense Education Act. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was the act that ended segregation and racial discrimination in schools, public places, and during employment.This act was under John F. Kennedy, -
Title IX
This act prohibited schools grants with school with gender discrimination.
