Events
Martha M. Rogers writes detailing the poor
environments teachers have to utilizeIn 1857, Thomas Valentine writes an invitation to
teachers across America persuading them to
join his National associationDuring the 1820s, States begin to allow African Americans to
gain an educationBy this time, half a million free African
Americans live in AmericaNTA president J.P. Wilkersham banned all
seceded states from joining his union unless
they allowed colored children to learnNTA convinced congress to establish a federal
Department of EducationNTA allows women to become members.Emily Rice becomes the first woman to be
elected into NTA officeNTA becomes the NEA as it "absorbs" smaller
educational unionsNEA forms the Department of Indian EducationNEA holds a conference to address child labor
laws.NEA holds a conference to address poor
classroom conditionsNEA turns 50 years old, now representing 5,044
educators across the nationSurvey shows that 50% of students can't speak
English properly, highlighting a major problem
in the US education system.NEA becomes a Representative AssemblyNEA becomes a member of the Federal Advisory
Committee on the Emergency of EducationNations schools are no longer segregatedNEA has now existed for a centuryNEA and ATA unite as onePeriods
Civil War takes placeGreat DepressionUS in WW2
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