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Dame schools
was an early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. They were usually taught by women and were often located in the home of the teacher. -
Latin grammar schools
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Massachusetts Act of 1642
Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first law in the New World requiring that children be taught to read and write. -
Massachusetts Act of 1647 (Old Deluder Satan Act)
The law required every town with more than 50 families to set up a reading school, known as dame schools. -
Benjamin Franklin’s Academy
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Horace Mann – normal schools
the first great American advocate of public education, who believed that, in a democratic society, education should be free and universal, nonsectarian, democratic in method, and reliant on well-trained professional teachers. -
McGuffey Readers
was a series of textbooks written by William McGuffey during the mid-nineteenth century. -
Freedmen’s Bureau
the Freedmen’s Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. -
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918. -
John Dewey’s Laboratory School
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all. -
Sputnik
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Title I
a title 1 school is a school receiving federal funds for Title 1 students. The basic principle of Title 1 is that schools with large concentrations of low-income students will receive supplemental funds to assist in meeting student's educational goals. -
Head Start
a program to help meet the emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs of preschool-aged children from low-income families. -
Individual with Disabilities Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that supports special education and related service programming for children and youth with disabilities. ... Ensures that all children with an identified disability receive special education and related services to address their individual needs. -
Goals 2000
The Act provides resources to states and communities to ensure that all students reach their full potential. -
No Child Left Behind
is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. -
Race to the Top
Race to the Top is a $4.35 billion United States Department of Education competitive grant created to spur and reward innovation and reforms in state and local district K-12 education.