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First Education Laws in Massachusetts
Education Laws Massachusetts Law ordered 1642 selectmen of each town to ascertain whether parents and masters were, in fact, providing for the education of their children. The select men were also to determine what the children were being taught. The child of any parent or master failing to meet his obligation could be apprenticed to a new master, who would be required to fulfill the law. Although the law neither specified schools nor required attendance, helped established the principle of common education. -
Education in the Colonial Period
Colonial Education
Many of the people who came to America were filled with a sense of religious commitment, largely Protestant, which shaped their views on life and education. The New England colonists, who were generally well educated themselves, sustained a vigorous emphasis on education even in the hostile new environment. Many children were educated in large rooms with not very many different materials for students. -
Impact of Jefferson, Rush, and Webster
Education in the Early American Republic Thomas Jefferson passed a bill for more general diffusion of knowledge in 1779, it provided basic education to ensure good government, public safety, and happiness. Benjamin Rush wanted to establish free schools and education of women. Noah Webster created a book that standardized the English language and created diversity between the England spelling, and American spelling. He had the greatest influence on education in the new republic. -
MOST IMPORTANT Population Growth and Immigration in the 19th Century
A Nation of ImmigrantsThe United States began to grow rapidly. An issue teachers had to deal with was that many of their students did not speak English. Thus when teachers had immigrants in their classrooms, they had to focus their attention on helping students learn the English language. Because of this, teachers today now have to be aware of how to tailor their lessons to ESL learners. -
MOST IMPORTANT Horace Mann
Horace MannHorace Mann was the first secretary on the nation's Board of Education. He is considered the "Father of the Common School Movement". His idea was that school was the equilizer of men, education should be free, and would be funded by the government. His ideas changed the way school was looked at and gave all children a right to an education. -
The Progressive Reform Movement
Progressive Education
The progressive reform movement distinguished American education from the traditional Euro-American curriculum of the 19th century. An idea of the educational theory is that children need to have concrete experiences in order to learn. Long term education was focused on so that we can get a better long term process. -
Committee of Ten
Committee Of TenThe committee of ten was comprised of mostly educators and chaired by Charles Eliot. The N.E.A. committee of ten charged to establish a standard curriculum. They recommended eight years of elementary and four years of secondary education. The significance of the Committee of Ten was its contribution towards liberalizing the high school by offering alternatives to the Latin and Greek classic curricula. -
Secondary School Movement
Secondary School MovementPublic secondary schools offering education beyond the elementary school did not become a fIrmly established part of the American educational scene until the last quarter of the 19th century. The separation of students made it so students were able to get a more focused educational experience. Teachers were then able to focus on specific grades and able to give more attention to specifc students. It was a huge success in American education. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of EducationSegregation was banned in the school because of the outcome of the trail of Brown vs. Board of Educaiton. The supreme court ruled that segregation would be banned from the schools. Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution. -
MOST IMPORTANT Elementary & Secondary Education Act
ESEA Lyndon B. Johnson gave 4 billion dollars to disadvantaged students. If you don’t have an integrated school, you don’t get the funding. Because of this, the government was then able to police the schools, to make sure they are following the law. Because of this, integration is no longer an issue in American classrooms. All students are priviledged to an equal educational experience. -
MOST IMPORTANT Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act
IDEA IDEA provided all childrenin America with an equal educational experience, no matter their disability. Lessons were individualized to meet their needs. Because of IDEA, students today are able to have an individualized learning experience that can meet their needs. It gave them the rights to a free education, and a least restrictive environment. These students are also provided an individualized education plan. -
A Nation at Risk
A Nation At Risk
A Nation At Risk is a document proposed by Ronald Reagan. This document talks about how America's education system is failing, and "touched off a wave of local, state, and federal reform efforts." This document changed the education system and gave more expectations to the standards, contect, time students were in school, as well as how school was taught. -
Standardized Testing
Education Reform
Standardized testing is created so student's education can be measured. There is much controversy as to whether standardized testing sould be in our classrooms. Standardized testing requires all test takers to anwer the same questions, and all test takers are scored in a consistent manner. Standardized tests are designed to measure knowledge and skills learned in school and to measure academic progress. -
MOST IMPORTANT No Child Left Behind
NCLB
No Child Left Behind was signed in to effect to focus on the children and to help gains in student achievement and to hold states and schools more accountable for student progress. The law brough to pass annual testing, academic progress, report cards, highly qualified teachers, grants and funding changes. This affects education today becuase students and teachers are still held to these standards. -
John Dewey
John DeweyJohn Dewey came up with the philosophy of pragmatism and progressive education. Progressive education emphasizes the need to learn by doing. Dewey belives that humans learn through a "hands on" approach. He said that students must interact with their environment in order to adapt and learn. He also belived in an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on connecting subjects.
