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History of American Education

Arrival to America

Public versus Private Universities

Northwest Land Ordinance

One of the Most Famous Laws in American Education

When the puritans first arrived in America in 1620, they didn't have schools. Many of the children received their education from their fathers. Homeschooling was done at this time because they didn't want their children corrupted. The puritans were very religious and felt that the bible should be the foundation of children's education; taught by the father. Over time the town leaders didn't feel like the children were getting the right spiritual training at home. According to the text " many colonial leaders determined that something more had to be done than simply hoping fathers would properly train their children in Puritan orthodoxy. They turned to schooling."(Gaither, 2011)

Landmark case Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, supreme court rejected an attempt by the state of New Hampshire to alter Dartmouth's school charter. New Hampshire was attempting to take over Dartmouth and make it a state run school. The court's decision helped to make a distinction between public and private education. (Gaither, 2011)

In response to the lack of action that resulted from the previous law, the Massachusetts General Court implemented a new law. This law named "Old Deluder Satan law" is one of the most famous laws in American Education. The colonist believed that Satan prayed on ignorant people. The law mandated that towns with 50 or more people would have to pay for someone to come in and teach the children how to read. Town with over 100 people would be required to open Latin schools to prepare young men for Harvard were they would be trained to become ministers. This law was famous for two reasons. The name was memorable and it was copied by several other colonies. (Gaither, 2011)

Established federal oversight of newly acquired territories and the ways in which those territories could become states. Federal government wanted to raise taxes on but the money would not go to the government. The money would go to the townships on the land to build schools. Even though the taxes provided the money to build the schools, the funding for everything else came from tuition. (Gaither, 2011)

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Introduction of Noah Webster’s Speller

American School for the Deaf

First Law Mandating Schooling

Noah Webster was tired of the British text books that had been used up until this point. in "1785 his three-volume Grammatical Institute of the English Language was completed, consisting of the famous blue-backed spelling book (so named for its blue cover), a grammar of the English language, and a reader full of patriotic and moralistic writings." (Gaither, 2011) Although his speller was not the first to be published, it was the first American speller.

In 1642, Massachusetts Bay was the first colony to pass a law mandating schooling. A select group of men were given the responsibility of enforcing the law. According to the text their job was to make sure that children were being taught "to read & understand the principles of religion and the capital laws of the country."(Gaither, 2011) Not much was really done to enforce this new mandate.

In 1817 Thomas H. Gallaudet opened the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons. Prior to this time, if a child was born with disabilities, the church would claim it was God's will. They believed it was Gods way of punishing the parents for sin. Many people believed that these children were un-teachable. As long as they had the basics they needed to survive, nothing more needed to be done for them. A young man named Thomas Gallaudet had previous experience teaching his neighbors deaf 9 year old daughter words. He was inspired by what he was able to accomplish with her, leading to him co-founding a schools for the deaf and blind. The name of the school was later changed to American School for the Deaf, and still exists today. (Gaither, 2011)

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