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    The document provides a history of education in the United States from 1600 to present day. It outlines several key events and reforms over the centuries including the establishment of the first schools in colonial America, the founding of Harvard in 1636, mandatory public education laws in the 17th century, Thomas Jefferson's calls for education reform in the 1700s, the establishment of the first public secondary school in 1821, and Horace Mann's education reforms in the 1830s-1840s that helped establish public school systems across many states. It then discusses major education acts and policies in the 20th century like desegregation, special education laws, No Child Left Behind, and the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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    The document provides a history of education in the United States from 1600 to present day. It outlines several key events and reforms over the centuries including the establishment of the first schools in colonial America, the founding of Harvard in 1636, mandatory public education laws in the 17th century, Thomas Jefferson's calls for education reform in the 1700s, the establishment of the first public secondary school in 1821, and Horace Mann's education reforms in the 1830s-1840s that helped establish public school systems across many states. It then discusses major education acts and policies in the 20th century like desegregation, special education laws, No Child Left Behind, and the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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    The document provides a history of education in the United States from 1600 to present day. It outlines several key events and reforms over the centuries including the establishment of the first schools in colonial America, the founding of Harvard in 1636, mandatory public education laws in the 17th century, Thomas Jefferson's calls for education reform in the 1700s, the establishment of the first public secondary school in 1821, and Horace Mann's education reforms in the 1830s-1840s that helped establish public school systems across many states. It then discusses major education acts and policies in the 20th century like desegregation, special education laws, No Child Left Behind, and the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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    History of Education

    1600
    Colonial schools are established and largely centered on religion.

    1635 – Puritans establish the first Latin grammar school named “The
    Boston Latin Grammar School”.

    1636 – Harvard is founded.


    1642 – Massachusetts passed a law enforcing educational standards.

    1647 – Massachusetts passes “Old Deluder Satan Law” using taxpayer


    money to establish schools in each town.
    1700s – Organized education begins later in less culturally homogenous
    areas of the country. However, by the 1700s private teachers and night
    schools are functioning in New York and Philadelphia.
    1700s – Thomas Jefferson calls for an education system that is more
    widely– available.
    1740 The first law prohibiting the education of slaves was passed in
    South Carolina
    1749 – Benjamin Franklin calls for education reform in “Proposals
    Relating to the Youth of Pennsylvania”.
    1751 – Benjamin Franklin establishes the “Franklin Academy” which will
    eventually become the University of Pennsylvania.
    1785 – Land Ordinance Act
    1787 – Northwest Ordinance
    1821 – The English Classical School is opened in Boston, marking the
    establishment of the first public secondary school.
    1830 – Louisiana law imposes a prison sentence on anyone caught
    teaching a slave to read or write.
    1837 – Horace Mann establishes the Massachusetts State Board of
    Education. His reform efforts greatly benefitted and proliferated public
    education and established several normal schools.

    1860s – A majority of states have established public school systems.

    1862 (and 1890) – The Marrill Land Grant College Acts


    1874 – Kalamazoo, Michigan case rules taxes can be used to fund
    secondary schools.
    1875 – Francis Parker, superintendent of schools in Quincy,
    Massachusetts, introduces Progressive Education
    1892 – The National Education Association establishes a common
    curriculum for high schools.

    1896 – Plessy v. Ferguson

    1900
    1900
    Early 1900s – Bucking historical trends, education professionals are now
    primarily female leading to and causing various stereotypes and myths.
    1909 – The first junior high school is established in Columbus, Ohio
    1917 – Smith-Hughes Act
    1918 – The NEA drafts the “Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education”,
    identifying 7 principles to better prepare citizens for their life roles.
    1919 – The Progressive Education Association is founded.
    1930s – Federal government gets more involved in education as a result of
    the Great Depression.
    1944 - Serviceman’s Readjustment Act
    Late 1940s – It’s not until the end of WWII that schools begin to employ
    married women.
    1950s – Various stereotypes and bigotries associated with the Red Scare
    lead to the homophobia, resulting in a further upward trend of married
    women serving as teachers.
    1954 – Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka
    1958 – Congress passes the “National Defense Education Act” to fund the
    development of better schools as a means to improve National Defense.
    1964 – The federal government moves to enforce the desegregation of
    schools under Lyndon B. Johnson.
    1964-66 – Project Head Start
    1965 – The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
    1968 – Bilingual Education Act
    1972 – Title IX of the Education Amendments
    1975 – Individuals with disabilities act
    2000
    2001 – No Child Left Behind Act
    2015 – Every Student Succeeds Act

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