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1647, Old Deluder Satan Act
Required any Massachusetts town with more than 50 families to appoint a "town teacher" so that their children would learn to read and write. The importance was to ensure the word of the bible would be understood and passed on. -
John Locke publishes his Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke published his essay that concerned human understanding, which conveyed his belief that the human mind is a blank slate, at birth and knowledge is derived through experience, rather than innate ideas as was believed by many at that time. Locke's views concerning the mind and learning greatly influence American education. -
Horace Mann's Common School
Massachusetts- Horace Mann was the first commissioner/ first state school superintendent that wanted Common Schools. He published a journal "The Common School Journal". He wanted this for uneducated children and immigrants. -
Freedman's Bureau
In the south, three thousand schools were built for freed people. The bureau was run by the War Department, and its first and most important commissioner was General O.O. Howard, a Civil War hero sympathetic to blacks. The Bureau's task was to help the Southern blacks and whites make the transition from slavery to freedom -
Department of Education
The Department of Education is created in order to help states establish effective school systems. -
Compulsory School attendance Laws
Compulsory school attendance laws specified a minimum and a maximum age between which attendance was required, and the minimum period of attendance. They also provided penalties and procedures for non-compliance and listed the conditions under which individuals could be exempted from attending school. -
American Federal of Teachers was founded.
The American Federation of Teachers is an American labor union that primarily represents teachers. AFT was originally called, American Federation of Teachers and Students which was founded in 1900. AFT developed additional sub-groups for paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; state and federal employees; higher education faculty and staff, and nurses and other healthcare professionals within the organization. -
Civil Rights and Integration on Little Rock, Arkansas
Federal troops enforce integration in Little Rock, Arkansas as the Little Rock 9 enroll at Central High School after the Civil Rights Act was voted into law -
National Defense Education Act
At least partially because of Sputnik, science and science education become important concerns in the U.S., resulting in the passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) which authorizes increased funding for scientific research as well as science, mathematics, and foreign language education -
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), is a United States Act of Congress provided help for disadvantaged students.NCLB supports standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. This Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills and to get funded after tests.