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History of American Education Timeline

1857 – The Formation of the NEA (National Education Association)

Early 20th Century – The Marxist Revolution

1975 – Public Law 94-142

This organization was formed because of an unspoken demand for children to be taught how to read and write. For many years the privilege of learning to read and write was reserved to the children of the well-to-do and out right illegal for children of slaves. The NEA ever since “has played an increasingly vital role in improving the conditions under which teachers work and children learn” (Holcomb, 2006, para.3).

1908 – Book by David Snedden

When we speak of education on a global context one such context is the influence that Karl Marx has had. At the basic level followers of the Marxist belief state that everyone is entitled to the same benefits of society not just the rich. In education this had led to the progressive system of teaching where everyone in the class has an equal hand in learning which is different from the old way of the teacher-led system.

1981 – The Formation of ISNA (Islamic Society of North America)

1833 – Massachusetts funds the Asylum for the blind

This was the first major legislation passed by the U.S. Congress regarding special education. This law had four main parts; mandated all children with disabilities attain a free public education according to their needs, protected the rights of the parents of children with disability, gave assistance to states for providing these services, and guaranteed to assess the effectiveness of state education for children with disabilities.

1785 – Grammatical Institute of the English Language. This was Noah Webster’s 3 volume book which contained his famous blue back spelling book that we have all come to know as Webster’s dictionary. Webster decided to write this due to his major disliking of the majority of people using British textbooks

David Snedden was a reformer that believed, along with other reformers of the time, schools should change from the old curriculum of learning classical languages along with other academic courses that most of the students would never use to a vocational style system that would benefit the students more. His book “argued strongly for shifting control of educational decisions from school boards and ward school committees to educational professionals” (Gaither, 2011, p.106). This is significant because this was part of a big push to reform schools to what was becoming known as social efficiency.

Due to a rising population of Muslim’s living in America there needed to be some sort of organization for guidance and direction. ISNA was formed to provide just this for the rising Muslim population. They provide many services for Muslim’s including teacher training, fund raising for Muslim schools, as well as producing curricula for the schools.

After the formation of the Asylum for the Blind in 1832 by Samuel Gridley Howe, the Massachusetts state legislature began granting state funds annually to Howe’s Asylum so that it could move from Howe’s home to a building recently donated by businessman Thomas Perkins.

1890’s – Police Power

A growing concern after the Civil War was the fear of the country receiving what was known as ignorant masses coming from overseas. The push for compulsory or legally required schooling, for children started. Courts in the states upheld compulsory laws on the basis that 10th Amendment of the Constitution gave the states powers over everything not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. The states considered compulsory laws in this group and were free to regulate children’s education how they seem fit, known also as “police powers”.

1817 – Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb Persons. Thomas H. Gallaudet along with a recent found deaf friend formed this school for the deaf and dumb. This school was located in Connecticut and was so successful that it lasts to this day but is now known as the American School for the Deaf

1893 – Committee of Ten Report

This is a report created by ten members of the National Education Association. This was part of the progressive transformation of the public secondary school system. The Committee of Ten was amongst a group of people that believed high schools were to be used as a preparation for college tool and that the curriculum in high schools should be geared as such. This report was the official expression of their views

1917 through 1928 – Achievement Testing

1990 –Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

1971 – Swann vs. Charlotte – Mecklenburg

The educational leaders of this time had believed that not all students were able to handle the same rigorous school work as other children so based on a system designed to test a child’s intelligence, otherwise known as intelligence quotient (IQ), that measured a child’s aptitude, the U.S. developed a similar system of achievement testing to compare students achievements.

1647 - The Old Deluder Satan Law - There is a few major developments that have come around because of this law. We learned in our textbook that the new colonists believed the Catholic Church purposely kept people ignorant by forcing followers to read the Scriptures in Latin only. This law required colonists that lived in larger towns of 50 or more people to pay a teacher to teach the children how to read. This law was later copied in many other colonies across New England. This law and its requirements formed the basis for what we know now today as our tax supported free public education system.

In 1990 congress changed this original PL 94-142 to Education of All Handicapped Children Act, but finally was changed to IDEA along with some major changes to meet the changing way disability is defined. The change was in the way disability is considered as an individual basis.

1832 – Howe and the New England Asylum for the Blind

This was a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s ruling to integrate black children of Charlotte, North Carolina with white children by busing black children into the school from areas surrounding the city and also busing white students to black dominated areas.

1819 – U.S. Congressional Approval for Land. The Asylum that had been started by Gallaudet was funded by both private and public means. One big area of funding came in 1819 when the U.S. Congress granted 23,000 acres of land in Georgia to the Asylum which later was sold and the profits went to the construction of a building for the Asylum in a country setting far away from the city life

After returning from a trip to Paris in 1831 where he studied developments in the education for the blind, Samuel Gridley Howe, began his own school for the blind. Howe opened up the New England Asylum for the Blind which was later renamed the Perkins Institution.

1821 – Woman’s Seminary School for Teaching

1920 – The 19th Amendment to the Constitution

1954 – Brown vs. Board of Education

Emma Willard developed a seminary school in Troy, New York which specialized in the college education of woman. The school was not just a normal college but a college that prepared woman to eventually become teachers. The school had graduated many women in which some had gone on to start their own schools and seminaries.

1830’s – Books in Braille

This Amendment gave the woman in America the right to vote. This has no influence on education but because of the role woman had played in education and other growing aspects of society the 19th Amendment was made possible in the culmination of the feminist movement. Through this movement the United States was a world leader in woman’s right and equality.

Ever since slaves had been brought to this country from Africa, Africans in this country had been unfairly considered the far less superior race in America. As the education system changed from a “do-it-yourself” role to a more society funded and directed role, children were now gaining a decent education for free. This was not the case for blacks in the country. The Civil War may have freed the slaves but the people were not equal, they were segregated unjustly. Finally, because of a lawsuit brought about by the parents of a girl desiring to attend school with white children the battle for legal equality was achieved

Samuel Gridley Howe, founder of the Asylum for the blind began printing books for the blind based on a system that he observed in France developed by a man named Louis Braille. This system was based on words that were raised indentions on paper so the blind could feel with their fingers, giving them the ability to read

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