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Academies
Boston Latin Grammar School: designed to give boys from elite families the education they needed in order to attend college and take their place in society
-English acamdemies: Private academy that began to cater to the middle class. -
First Public High School
English High School: Alternative to private academies that offered a college preparatory curriculum -
High School for Girls
-The first public high schools for girls open in Boston
-Closed in two years -
Free Public High School
Law required town to provide a free public high school -
Boston Girls High and Normal School Opened
young women had opportunity to attend public secondary school -
diploma admission
Diploma AdmissionThe University of Michigan began -
Kalamazoo Case
Michigan Supreme Court(The Kalamazoo School Case) ruling favored tax support of public high schools/common practice throughout the U.S. -
The New England Association of Schools and Collges
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)oldest of 6 regional accrediting agencies servicing the U.S. in the early 21st century -
the Committee of Ten
The National Education Association sponsored the Committee of Ten(ten influential educators debated the appropriate role of secondary schools.) -
the separate but equal doctrine
the separate but equal doctrine elucidated in the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson -
the College Entrance Examination Board
the College Entrance Examination Board came into existence
-goal: provide uniform examinations for college admission -
school boards not required to provide for African Americans
the Supreme Court decided that school boards were not required to provide public secondary education for African Americans. -
First junior high schools
First Junior High Schoolsgrades 7th-9th were established in California and Ohio -
NEA's Recommendation
National Education Association report “The Cardinal Principles of Education”,authored by the NEA’s Committee on the Reorganization of Secondary Education Recommended: secondary education focus on health, the command of fundamental processes, worthy home membership, vocation, citizenship, worthy use of leisure time, and ethical character -
Education for All American Youth
the Educational Policies Commission released Education for All American Youth -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down Plessy v. Ferguson separate but equl ruling, arguing that the separation of children in public schools by race violates the 14th amendment -
Little Rock, Arkansas & all-white Central High School
federal troops had to be called into Little Rock, Arkansas, so that 9 black students could attend the previously all-white Central High School -
the National Defense Education Act
The National Defense Education Act passed which provided financial aid to states for improvement of the teaching of science, mathematics, and foreign languages -
A Nation at Risk
“A Nation at Risk”, a report from the National Commission on Excellence in Education, directed tied the quality of American schooling to the strength and position of the American economy in the global marketplace -
the Carnegie Unit
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching developed the Carnegie Unit as a measure of the amount of time a student studied a subject -
No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act-reconfirmed this pus for accountability by requiring states to develop annual testing programs for students in grades 3-8 in reading and math
