Education in the US
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Updated: 5 Nov 2019
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Created byKatrine Odinnsson
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Massachusetts Act of 1642First schoolbook printed "New England Primer"Roxbury Latin School EstablishedMassachusetts Act of 1647Harvard College foundedCollege of Philidelphia FoundedFirst Public LibraryPoor Richard's Almanac PublishedEstablished First American Highschool800 Highschools in the US2000 Highschools in the USWebster Dictionary is Adopted as National Standard by CongressLand Ordinance of 1785Northwest Ordinance of 1787Dartmouth College Becomes a Public University in New HampshireNew Harmony Indiana is EstablishedHorace Mann becomes First Secratary of EducationFirst "Normal School" Opens in MassachusettsMt.Holyoke Female Seminary is OpenedMcGuffey Readers are PublishedNational Teacher's Association is FoundedNow with women! (NTA)Kalamizoo Highschool Funded Through Property Taxes OpensFirst Morrall ActSecond Morrall ActJane Addams Opens Holle HouseAmerican Federation of Teachers is FoundedFirst IQ Test is PublishedLouis Ternan Revises IQ TestAmerican Civil Liberties Defends Teachers in Support of DarwinismJohn Scopes "The Monkey Trial"Tennessee Overturns Monkey TrialUS Supreme Court Overturns a similar trial in ArkansasSAT is PublishedG.I. Bill of Rights is SignedNational Defence Education ActElementary and Secondary Education Act is PassedIndividuals With Disabilities Act is PassedIndividuals With Disabilities Act is AmendenedSupreme Court Overturns Seperate but Equal in Public SchoolsArkansas Defies Ruling of Separate but Equal, Eisenhower Deploys 101st Air DivisonMills v. Board of EducationColeman ReportManpower Development and Training ActNational Risk ReportUS Dept. of Education provides fed funding to character education to instill moral values into childrenNo Child Left BehindPeriods
Colonial EducationEarly National PeriodCommon School PeriodProgressive Schooling PeriodModern Schooling PeriodRe-assessment PeriodOver 1 Million Catholics Immigrate to US
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