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First Education Laws: Massachusetts
The First Education Laws ordered that parents can no longer teach their children. They needed to have a teacher help their children with reading, writing, and other skills.
I think that this event is one the most important, because if parents were teaching their children all of the time, there would never be an opportunity for children to have a different learning style, or an opportunity to take part in a real social setting.
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The Impact of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson had a great impact on education. He was the first to push education for women, and free education.
I think that this event was crucial to education because the fact that Jefferson allowed women to go to school for three years, impacted the decision for women to be able to attend school full-time.
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The Impact of Noah Webster
Webster was the creator of the blue back speller. He has impacted education the most because he's the reason we speak the way we do, and how we teach.
Webster was very important because his new way of speaking has influenced all the way to today. We're still giving spelling tests, and grading papers based on the way we speak, and the grammar we use.
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The Impact of Horace Mann
Horace Mann wanted to change the environment that public schools had. He wanted to make them a place of safety, and place where children would enjoy going.
I think that this event was very crucial to education. Without the impact of Horace Mann, there wouldn't have been a change in education for a long time. Because of him, our schools now are, mostly, in good condition and provide a safe environment for our students to learn.
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Secondary School Movement
Education beyond elementary school wasn't available at this time, and wasn't until the last quarter of the 19th century. When the movement was out in place, they began with sending boys to high school but not girls. However, the secondary movement would eventually push for girls to go to school.
This event is history is very important to education back then and now because with high school, we're given greater opportunities for better jobs.
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Fredrick Douglass Role in Education
"We should try to get our children into a school in our neighborhood, and the best one that we can." After this statement a petition went up that students should be able to attend school’s that were within their districts.
This has had a great impact now because without him, black children might be treated very differently.
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Sarah Roberts
Sarah Roberts dad wanted her to attend a school, but in order to do that she would need to be put into a white school. She was refused every time.
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The Growth of Education After the Civil War
After the civil war the government stated that all states should allow all children a free education without segregation.
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The Progressive Reform Movement
The progressive movement that emerged at the turn of the century was responsible for a flood of labor legislation addressed at regulating the labor of women and children, wages and hours, and health and safety conditions.
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The Impact of John Dewey
Becomes the father of education. Believed that if schools were able to educate children emotionally, socially, and physically, that schools would be a great place to educate children.
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The Gary Plan
Helped in health and hygiene and had little to do with the 3 R’s. Showed students how to take care of animals, how to fix mechanical things, how to bake and how to cook.
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The Impact of WW2
The war had a heavy impact on the schools. Not only did large numbers of teachers leave the classroom for the battlefield, but enrollment also dropped significantly as youth chose not to return to school or to go to work.
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Brown vs. Board of Education
They did not only discuss the case of Linda Brown but many more cases from a lot of different states. The judge ruled segregation over which created an opportunity for students to be educated equally.
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The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 further involved the federal government in the activities of the schools. If the schools wouldn't desegregate than funds would be taken away to support that school
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Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act
This act provided a free education to all children who had disabilities in a least restrictive environment.
http://www.parentcenterhub.org/repository/idea/
