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The Impact of Horace Mann
MOST IMPORTANT
Horace Mann was a huge advocate for education back in the early 1800's. A lot of his school reform still shows today. For example, the length of school was made longer because of him. We are in school for around 9 months for 6 hours a day. He is also known for founding the common school movement.
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Philadelphia Bible Riots
Back in the mid 1800's, schools were mainly taught with protestant values and bibles. New immigrants that came along were Irish Catholics. They wanted schools for their children and they protested to have them. Later the riot broke out as a anti-catholic charge. Thirteen people were dead and a catholic church was burned to the ground -
Mass Immigration
In the early 1900's there were a lot of immigrants coming from Europe in search of better education. Between 1890 and 1930 over 22 million immigrants were documented. Three million of those were children. As a result schools were very full because of the lack of space. -
The First School Bell
The school bell came along after Henry Ford started his assembly lines. There was always a bell when each worker was supposed to be done with their part and move to the next. The school system integrated that bell system in New York in 1903 to signal students to move to their next class! -
The Gary Plan
The Gary plan was a plan to use the same school system that was found in Indiana, but implement it in New York. This school was affordable because the students would work as well as go to school. It was known as "work, study and play."
The bill was later cancelled after too many immigrant families refused to have their students in a school system that involved working. -
Highschool, Middle school, and Grade Schools
Around the 1920's schools began to start spitting up from all one school. There was a middle school, a high school and an elementary school for children. Public schools were popping up every where at a rate of one per day!. -
The Impact of John Dewy
Dewy is known as the "father of progressive education." His philosophy was all about letting children learn by doing. He thought they learned better when they were in motion -
Brown VS Board of Education
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Brown Vs BOE was a significant moment in history when the supreme court anonymously voted to desegregate public schools. It was claimed to be "unconstitutional to separate children by color." The reason this is important is because we now have students of every color and race in classrooms.
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Sputnik and NDEA
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In 1957 the Soviet Union launched an orbiting satellite named "sputnik." The U.S. no longer felt comfortable with their tech abilities and they wanted more help. They created the NDEA which gave funding to schools and made student loans more affordable. It is significant because it raised the amount of students that attend college.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act banned rights to discriminate by race or ethnicity in any federal funded activity, including schools. Those who didn't comply (and desegregate) they lost all funding from the government. This finally helped push the south to desegregation 8 years after Brown VS Board of Education. -
The Elementary and Secondary Act
It was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson as a way to fight the "war on poverty." After four years, 4 billion dollars were awarded to disadvantaged students. It provided a fair and equal opportunity for students to get an education. -
Individual Disability Education Act
MOST IMPORTANT
The IDEA is a law that requires public schools to serve educational needs to the students who have special needs. This law also requires the school to evaluate the students to see if they qualify. This is important because we have students who still deserve to have an education even though they are disabled, which we see today in action.
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School Choice Movement
This gave students the option to choose there school. The whole goal was to improve academic achievement across the board. If schools were failing, they would shut them down and restructure them. This helped develop better schools! -
A Nation at Risk
This took part in having schools reform in the 1980's. They pushed for longer school, more homework, most classes and a new class called computer science. These burdens were taken over by the state instead of the federal government. -
No Child Left Behind Act
MOST IMPORTANT
The no child left behind act (also known as the NCLB) is a law that provides money for extra assistance children. This includes students that are poor, an ELL or in special education They hope that in return there will be improvements in the students academic work.
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