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The Massachusetts Bay School Law
It requires that parents ensure their children know the principles of religion and the capital laws of the commonwealth. I would be able to get education for school. -
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Education History 17th century
Significant Events and why they are important to me -
The Massachusetts Law of 1647
It decrees that every town of at least 50 families hire a schoolmaster who would teach the town's children to read and write. it is important for me to go to college. -
John Locke publishes his Essay Concerning Human Understanding,
his belief that the human mind is a blank slate, at birth and knowledge is derived through experience. I can learn life learning experiences. -
The first publicly supported library
in the U.S. is established in Charles Town, South Carolina. because I love to read books at the library and I get to do homework there because it is a quit space. -
the General Assembly of South Carolina passes the first public library law.
that was the law to protect the books. it is important to me because library are where you study for test or quizzes. -
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Education History 18th century
significant events and why they are important to me -
The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is founded
A Catholic school for girls. it is important because girls get to have a education. -
Benjamin Franklin helps to establish the first "English Academy.
curriculum that is both classical and modern, including such courses as history, geography, navigation, surveying, and modern as well as classical languages. because they have my favorite subjects. -
1783- 1785 Noah Webster writes A Grammatical Institute of the English Language
consisting of three volumes: a spelling book, a grammar book, and a reader. They become very widely used throughout the United States. I used this every day the dictionary. -
The Young Ladies Academy
opens in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in the original 13 colonies/states. shows more girls learning. -
The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens.
It is the first permanent school for the deaf in the U.S. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerk are the school's co-founders. this is the beginning of when people learn differently. -
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Education History 19th century
significant events why it is important to me -
The New England Asylum for the Blind.
the first school in the U.S. for children with visual disabilities. the different disabilities interest me. -
The National Teachers Association (now the National Education Association
is founded by forty-three educators in Philadelphia. this is the start of helping teachers get good jobs and teach me. -
The Department of Education
is created in order to help states establish effective school systems. and its important because it makes school systems. -
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Louisiana law
he Supreme Court ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson makes "separate but equal" policies legal. It becomes a legal precedent used to justify many other segregation laws, including "separate but equal" education. this is the beginning of everyone getting the same education. -
Brown v. Board. of Education of Topeka,
It is a historic first step in the long and still unfinished journey toward equality in U.S. education. having a equal education is important. -
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Education History 20th century
significant events and why they are important to me -
The "Clinton12,"
Twelve African American students, successfully integrate Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee. this is important because I am fighting to go to school with their life. -
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act
It requires that a free, appropriate public education, suited to the student's individual needs, and offered in the least restrictive setting be provided for all "handicapped" children. another law to learn different that helps kids learn differently. -
Apple Computer, now Apple Inc.,
introduces the Apple II, one of the first successful personal computers. It and its offspring, the Apple IIe, become popular in schools as students begin to learn with computer games. this is very special to me because it had helped me with learning. -
Public Law 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
In addition to changing terminology from handicap to disability, it mandates transition services and adds autism and traumatic brain injury to the eligibility list. this helped me with me learning.