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    Maria Galvez

    Edu 201
    9/25/2021

    US Education Timeline 1600’s-2000’s

    Overview

    1600’s
    ● 1635 First School
    ● 1635 First “free school” opens
    ● 1636 Harvard opened
    ● 1638 Hartford High School opens
    ● 1642 Law for reading and writing
    ● 1642 Compulsory Education law
    ● 1647 The Massachusetts Law of 1647 is passed
    ● 1647 Dame School
    ● 1690 First textbook was published
    ● 1693 The college of William and Mary opens

    1700’s
    ● Philadelphia Academy
    ● New study introduced
    ● Ursuline Academy of New Orleans
    ● Noah Webster
    ● Benjamin Franklin established the first English academy
    ● Young Lady Academy opens
    ● Yale University was established
    ● Pennsylvania state calls for free public education
    ● Christopher Dock published his book about teaching
    ● Benjamin Franklin forms the American Philosophical Society

    1800’s
    ● Horace Mann
    ● Common schools
    ● Morrill Land Grant Acts
    ● Troy Seminar
    ● Department of education
    ● Modern blackboard is invented by James Pillans
    ● Gallaudet University opens
    ● Boston English High School opens
    ● Hartford female seminary is founded
    ● Perkins School for the Blind opens
    ● First Superintendent is appointed
    ● The African Institute opens
    ● Oberlin College becomes first coeducational college
    ● Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to graduate from
    medical school
    ● Boston Public Library opens

    1900’s
    ● Education of Handicapped Children Act
    ● Brown Vs Board of Education
    ● Bilingual Act
    ● G.I. Bill of Rights
    ● Joliet Junior College opens
    ● Boy Scouts was established
    ● Girl Scouts was established
    ● American Federation of Teachers is founded
    ● American Educational Research Association is founded
    ● Smith Hughes Act passes
    ● International Council for Exceptional Children is founded
    ● SAT is administered
    ● National School Lunch Act is approved
    ● Act test is administered
    ● Learning Disabilities Associations of America is formed

    2000’s
    ● 2001 No child left behind
    ● 2003 International Association for k-12
    ● 2003 The Higher Education Act is reauthorized
    ● 2002 NAREA
    ● 2006 Carl D Perkins Career and Technical Educational Act is
    reauthorized
    ● 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act is passed
    ● 2009 Quest to Learn opens
    ● 2010 Common Core
    ● 2016 California Multilingual Education Act was implemented
    ● 2021 MIguel Cardona becomes Secretary of Education

    Description
    1600’s
    ● 1635 First school- on April 23 the first school building was created in
    Boston.
    ● 1636 Harvard- Harvard opened
    ● 1642 Law for reading and writing- The first law in New World
    requiring children to be taught to read and write.
    ● 1642 Compulsory Education Law- The parents were required to
    provide children with basic education. They had to teach them
    reading, writing, and the colony’s capitol law.
    1700’s
    ● Philadelphia Academy- A private secondary school opened in 1751.
    Benjamin Franklin prompted and designed it. It was more focused on
    the English language and it was considered more practical.
    ● New study introduced- Arithmetic was introduced while Latin and
    Greek were the principle studies.
    ● Ursuline Academy of New Orleans- The academy was founded,
    becoming the oldest Catholic school.
    ● Noah Webster- He wrote about the importance of the language being
    used with spelling and grammar.
    1800’s
    ● Department of education- It was created to help states create a school
    system that would be more effective. They ended up collecting
    information on schools.
    ● Horace Mann- was elected secretary of the board of education.
    ● Common schools- A movement created so children could receive
    basic education.
    ● Morrill Land Grant Acts- It allowed creation of land grant colleges. It
    helped fund colleges.
    ● Troy Seminary- One of the first women’s colleges.
    1900’s
    ● G.I. Bill of Rights- It helped provide tuition payments for veterans.
    ● Education of Handicapped Children Act - children with disabilities
    got specific rights to education.
    ● Brown Vs Board of education- Racial segregation that was occuring
    in schools was ruled as unconstitutional. Movement that
    acknowledged the unfair and divided education being given based on
    race.
    ● Bilingual Act- Act created to help students with limited understanding
    of English.
    2000’s
    ● Common Core- The common core standards were released. They were
    released for English language arts and math.
    ● 2001 No child left behind- Created to hold schools accountable. Made
    sure that schools helped students increase their performance. The
    students were from multiple groups such as minorities and English
    learners.
    ● 2003 International Association - organization to enhance online
    learning.
    ● 2002 NAREA - helped give rights to children in early education.

    Citations
    Parkay, Forrest W., Becoming A Teacher, pg 147
    Parkay, Forrest W., Becoming A Teacher, pg 149
    Parkay, Forrest W., Becoming A Teacher, pg 159

    Suss, Edmund “American Education History” http://www.eds-


    resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html
    Messeril, Jonathan, “Horace Mann” 1972,
    https://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/horace.html

    “Bilingual Education Act” August 27,

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bilingual-Education-Act

    Klein, Alyson, “No Child Left Behind: An Overview,” April 10, 2015

    https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/no-child-left-behind-an-overview/2015/04

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