EDUCATION TIMELINE

AMBER ARSENAULT
1600’S
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
▪ ESTABLISHED SPECIFICALLY TO PREPARE MINISTERS
▪ FOUNDED IN 1636

OLD DELUDER SATAN LAW

▪ MASSACHUSETTS LAW OF 1647
▪ EVERY TOWN IN 100 HOUEHOLDS MUST PROVIDE A LATIN GRAMMAR
SCHOOL TO PREPARE YOUTHS FOR UNIVERSITY
▪ EVERY TOWN OF 50 HOUSEHOLDS MUST APPOINT AND PAY A TEACHER IN
READING AND WRITING
1700’S
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

▪ IN 1749 THE FRANKLIN ACADEMY WAS ESTASBLISHED. THIS SCHOOL WAS FREE
OF RELIGION AND OFFERED SUBJECTS THAT WERE PRACTICAL SUCH AS
MATH, NAVIGATION, AND BOOKKEEPING.
▪ ACCEPTED BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS
▪ THOUGHT THAT SCOOL SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO WHITE CHILDREN
REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC BACKGROUND.
▪ NEEDING PRACTICAL SKILLS IN THE WORLD.
1800’S
HORACE MANN
▪ ADVOCATED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMON SCHOOL OR A PUBLIC
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
▪ MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN 1837.
▪ “FATHER OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL”

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

▪ THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1824 WHICH PLACED
INDIANS ON RESERVATIONS. THE BIA USED EDUCATION TO GAIN CULTURAL
CONQUEST. THEY WERE TAUGHT EUOPEAN STYLE.

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN CASE

▪ 1874
▪ RULED TAXES COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT SECONDARY EDUCATION.
1900’S
1920’S-1930’S
▪ PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION-EDUCATION INCLUDES HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE
ISSUES AND PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
▪ JOHN DEWEY

EIGHT-YEAR STUDY
▪ COMPARED 3000 GRADUATES USED TO SEE WHICH EDUCATIONAL APPROACH
WAS MORE EFFECTIVE.

RACIAL SEGREGATION
▪ CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
▪ HELPED SCHOOLS DESEGREGATE
2000’S
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
▪ 2001
▪ CALLS FOR STANDARDS AND ANNUAL TESTING OF MATH, READING, AND
SCIENCE.
▪ SCHOOL THAT TESTED POORLY HAD MIGHT HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

NCLB
▪ GAVE STATES FREEDOM IN EVALUATING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
RECOURCES

Sadker, D. M., & Zittleman, K. R. (2018). Teachers, schools, and society: A brief
introduction to education. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.