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Massachusetts Act of 1642
In 1642, Massachusetts General Court passed a law to make sure all young people could read or write. This was important because, all though it didn't make them go to school, it did require them to get some education of sort, whether that was at home or in a school. In 1648, the law then changed to mandate all children to go to school to learn. This is the first educational law of of the United States of America.
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Benjamin Franklin's Academy
In 1751 Benjamin Franklin started a private Secondary School that was focused on being broader. This academy was more focused on democracy, compared to other schools. Anyone who was able to pay tuition, was able to attend this college, no matter their beliefs.
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Teacher's Higher Education for Men and Women
Hoarce Mann developed a lot for the public schools. One of the biggest things he proposed was teacher's higher education. In 1839, he created a program for teacher's to get a higher education, besides a high school degree. The curriculum is much like we have today. They had to model teach in a school, and learn about general courses. Overall, he based it much like the French had for preparing teachers.
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Committee of Ten
This committee was built by the NEA to relook at the high school curriculum. After deciding that the High School curriculum was for focusing on high educated students to prepare them for life, they decided that to hold conferences for teachers. This committee helped shape the curriculum in the 1890's as they decided what was the best for children and young adults to learn.
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Maria Montessori's Method- new way of teaching
Maria was a physician in Italy. She believed that a child's mental, physical, and spiritual development could be better if you provide them with appropriate activities. These activities were more directed towards the poor, who could not afford some of the school materials. But as time went on the idea spread through out the world and we had almost 100 Montessori schools in the US by 1915.