Sabina Smith

Sabina Smith
Edu 202
CSN Feb. 28, 2016

Education Timeline
1600's the Colonial Period
Early colonial education began at home.
Dame Schools- Some women turn their homes in to schools and for small fees started teaching
other children.
Christopher Lamb- religion drove the education school was meant to save souls. Education
provided a path to haven, and riding, writing, and moral development all revolved around Bible.
Since 1619 African American and Native American were typically denied education.
1635 - First Latin grammar school in Boston. It was Exclusive school for boys of wealth,
charging tuition to teach boys between 7 and 14 years old.
1636- First college Harvard College special to prepare ministers.
1642 Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed a law requiring that parents and masters of
apprentice be check periodically to ensure that children were being taught properly.
1647 Old Deluder Satan Law Puritans attempt to thwart Satans trickery with Scripturereading citizens- required that:
1.Every town of fifty households must appoint and pay teacher of reading and writing.
2. Every town of one hundred households must provide a (Latin) grammar school to prepare
youths for the, university.

1700s
Fredric Froebel (1782-1852) - established the Kindergarten as an integral part of a child
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) profiled for his work in distinguishing schooling from
education and for his concern with the stages of development.
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) profiled for his recognition of the special needs of the
disadvantaged and his work in curricular development.
Johann Herbart (1776-1841) profiled for his contribution to moral development in education
and for his creation of structured methodology of instruction.
Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870) profiled for opening the door of higher education to women
and for promoting professional teacher preparation.
1740 South Carolina denies educations to blacks.
1749 Benjamin Franklin penned Proposals Relating to the Youth of Pennsylvania suggesting
new secondary schools to replace Latin grammar schools.
1751 Franklin Academy was established. It was school free of religions influence and offering a
variety of practical subjects. Franklin academy accepted both girls and boys.
1783 Noah Websters American Spelling Book
1785, 1787 - Land Ordinance act and Northwest Ordinance act those accts required townships in
the newly settled territories to reserve a section of land for educational purposes.

1800s
Prudence Crandall (1803-1889) brave in bringing education to African American girls.
Maria Montessori (1870-1952) she worked in identifying the educational potential of young
children and crafting an environment in which young could learn. .
Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) she contributed in moving people from intellectual slavery
to education.
Horace Mann (1796-1859) (father of the public school) - advocate for the establishment pf a
common school open to all (todays Elementary schools).
Henry Barnard of Connecticut and Horace Mann fought together to get acceptance of public
schools.
Lawrence Cremin summarized the advanced of common school movement in his book The
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Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) profiled for his contribution to the vocational education of
black Americans and for establishing Tuskegee University.
W. E. B. DuBois (1868-1963), profiled for cofounding the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and for his efforts to encourage black Americans to
pursue higher education.
1821 English Classical School in Boston (first secondary school) was established.
1823 First (privet) normal school opens in Vermont.
1824 - Bureau of Indian affirmation.
1827 Massachusetts requires public high school.
1837 Massachusetts State Board of Education was created. Horace Mann becomes secretary of
board of education.
1839 First public normal school in Lexington.
1852 First secondary school for girls.
1855 First kindergarten (German language) in United States.
1862 Morrill Land Grant College Act.
1874 Kalamazoo, Michigan, case court ruled that taxes could be used to support secondary
schools.
1875 Francis Parker superintendent of the school in Quincy, Massachusetts, introduce the
concept of progressivism in his school.
1892 the national Education Association (NEA) establish the committee of Ten to develop a
national policies for high schools.
1896 Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court decided that segregation become legally sanctioned part
of American way of life. Curt developed the doctrine of separate but equal.

1900s
Sylvia Ashton warner (1908-1984) she placed children in the middle of the curriculum.
Kenneth Clark (1914-2005) worked on identifying the crippling effects of racism on all
American Children.
Paulo Freire (1921- 1997) global effort to mobilize education in cause of social justice.
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John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer
whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey is closely associated
with progressivism. His work in developing progressive education, for democratic in the
educational process,
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) profiled for his creation of a theory of cognitive development.
Burrhus Frederic (B.F.) Skinner (1904-1990) profiled for his contributions in altering
environments to promote learning.
Progressivisms believe that individuality, progress, and change are fundamental to one's
education. Believing that people learn best from what they consider most relevant to their lives,
progressivisms center their curricula on the needs, experiences, interests, and abilities of students
1909 Junior High Schools grades 7-9.
1919 - Progressive education programs.
1932 - New Deal education programs.
1944 G. I. Bill of Rights
1950 Middle schools grades 5-8 in Bay City, Michigan.
1954 - Brown vs. Board of Education. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a
violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.
1957 Sputnik leads to increased federal education founds.
1958 - National Defense Education Act. This acct provided funding to improve American
schools and to promote postsecondary education. The goal of the legislation was to enable the
countrys educational system to meet the demands posed by national security needs. Of particular
concern was bolstering the United States ability to compete with the Soviet Union in the areas of
science and technology.
1964- 1965 Job Corp and Head Start are funded.
1965 Title I of Elementary and Secondary Education Act was developed under the principle of
redress, which established that children from low-income homes required more educational
services than children from affluent homes. As part of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act, Title I Funding allocated 1 billion dollars a year to schools with a high concentration of lowincome children.
1968 - Bilingual education act. This act established federal policy for bilingual education. Citing
its recognition of the special educational needs of the large numbers children of limited Englishspeaking ability in the United States, the Act stipulated that the federal government would
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provide financial assistance for innovative bilingual programs. Funding would be provided for
the development of such programs and for implementation, staffing and staff training, and longterm program maintenance.
1972 Title IX "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education
program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." Title IX prohibits sex discrimination
in schools.
1974. Bilingual education act of 1974 and Equal educational opportunities act of 1974It prohibits
discrimination against faculty, staff, and students, including racial segregation of students, and
requires school districts to take action to overcome barriers to students' equal participation.
1975- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. IDEA is a law ensuring services to
children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies
provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million
eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.
1975 - Public Law 94-142. Four Purposes of P.L. 94-142:to assure that all children with
disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education which emphasizes
special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs to assure that the
rights of children with disabilities and their parents are protected to assist States and localities
to provide for the education of all children with disabilities to assess and assure the effectiveness
of efforts to educate all children with disabilities
1979 Cabinet-level Dep. Of Education is established.
1983 "A Nation at Risk: imperative for Educational Reform" Federal report that found US
schools in serious trouble and inaugurated a new wave of school reform focused on academic
bases and higher standards for students achievements.
1990- Present - Increased public school diversity and competition through for-profit companies,
open enrolment, and technological options. Promotion of educational goals, standards and
testing.
1991 Charter Schools- Charters are tax- supported elementary and secondary schools that are
free from some of the rules and regulations that apply to other public schools.

2000s
2001- No Child Left Behind Act. It is the most recent iteration of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), the major federal law authorizing federal spending on programs
to support K-12 schooling. ESEA is the largest source of federal spending on elementary and
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secondary education.
NCLB expanded the federal role in public education through annual testing, annual academic
progress, report cards, teacher qualifications, and funding changes.
2011- Federal government modifies NCLB allowing states grester freedom in evaluating students
and teachers.