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TIMELINE OF AMERICAN EDUCATION

ASHLEY TUCKER

The Colonial Period

  • Established roots of educational system in America.
  • Immigrants from various colonial powers came to the continent.
  • Education was primarily for the white, upper class males, A reflection of the colonial mother nation's culture.
  • Education often had religious and regional distinctions.
  • Massachusetts passed the first legislation for education in 1647 known as the Old Deluder Satan Act. This legislation helped begin the idea of public education as a way to combat evil.

The Colonial Period 1607-1775

Early National Period

Education was still limited to White, upper class males

Women and minorities were still limited during this time

  • Impact of separation of church and state in education.
  • Education was removed from federal control and was placed in state hands
  • The Land Ordinance of 1785 allowed the federal government back in to education.

  • This is the period where we settled in to the segmented education culture where the states and local governments have primary control over education and the government has a hand in overarching standards.

Early National Period 1775-1821

The Common School Movement

  • Westward expansion created population growth and opportunities for the poor. "Age of the Common Man"
  • Primary education was made available to most.
  • Education was seen as a way to assimilate the large waves of immigrants.
  • Education was expanded to include more poor, white males, Women and minorities were still limited, but growing.
  • States standardized the curriculum and developed state boards to oversee education.

Common School movement 1821-1865

Free education was provided for most white males.

This included immigrants, as a means to assimilate them in to American society.

Some females and freed blacks were also able to attend school, but with more limitations.

Time of new opportunities for more people

State boards of education were put in place to develop standards and oversee state education efforts.

Standardized State education

Normal Schools.

  • Two year institution developed to prepare school teachers as a method to increase the quality of education
  • First version of teacher prep programs.

Outlined Teaching Requirements/ prep

Advancement of High Schools

Development of High schools (1635-1918)

Boston Latin Grammar School

College prep school for the colonial elite.

Religiously based

First form of secondary education in colonial education

Boston Latin Grammar School (1635)

Secondary school free of religious orientation. Focused on practical needs of colonial America.

Open to boys and girls.

created the precedent for elective courses.

Academy of Philadelphia founded by Ben Franklin.

Franklin Academy (1751)

English Classical School

English Classical School (1821)

Allowed non- college bound boys to earn practical and classical skills.

Adapted to allow students to choose between a college track and a trade track, much like our current programs.

Development of High schools

1892 - Committee of ten met to develop a standard curriculum for high schools. The committee combined the college bound and standard tracks of the Academy or Classical school.

Committee comprised of only college professors.

Decided that separate schools perpetuate a class division and wanted to close the gap as a response to the increase of immigration.

Standardization of High Schools (1892)

Response to workers not gaining the skills needed to preform complex tasks in the rapidly developing manufacturing industry of the United States.

Created a more comprehensive and well rounded education which includes everything from mathematics to vocational education to ethics.

Resulted in a comprehensive school, with webbed tracks of diverse students and branches of extra curricular activities.

Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education (1918)

Educational Technology Through the Ages

Technology Development

1930s Projectors and Film

1940 Overhead projector

1950s Programmed and computer-based instruction

1950s-1970s

Educational TV and VCRs

1967- Hand Held Calculators

Digital Age

The Cold War and subsequent tensions with global powers created a governmental interest in education.

They started viewing students as the future innovators that would keep them on top of the other nations. Resulted in increase STEM focus.

created the Federal department of Education 1979

Job corps started to train vocational skills post HS

IDEA was passed in 1975, Which opened up opportunities for exceptional learners.

Head start and Title One Distinctions were developed to provide more resources for underprivileged students.

The Modern Era (1946-Now)

Women in Education

Women

Women were historically removed from Education. Historically Women were taught enough to read and write, Just enough to run a homestead and teach sons the basics before going off to school.

Women have pushed through the barriers and have almost all of the opportunities as their male counterparts. There are still some roadblocks for women but we are working through them.

Gendered professions are abundant. Teachers and Nurses are stigmatized as "women's occupations"

Minorities in America

Minorities

It is no secret that Minorities in America have been neglected. Especially in Education. Even today there are discrepancies between White success and minority success. this is a systematic issue that we need to combat in the classrooms. However, to know where we are going we need to know where we have been.

Latinx Education

Latinx American

Latinx students have had to struggle through gaining opportunities in education.

The Education for this group started as catholic missions and ultimately followed similar paths of African and Native American students, where they were marginalized before grudgingly integrated.

Students struggle with language barriers and systematic stigmas which are being combated with ELL and Bilingual programs.

Native American Education

Native American

Originally focused on Assimilation or adapting cultures to meet expectation of societies norms.Ultimately a failure

Tried Boarding schools and then schools on reservations. Eventually deferred the education of the Native American Students to the jurisdiction of Reservations.

African American Education

African American

During times of slavery, Slave and free black students did not receive opportunities for education.

After the Civil War there was a policy of separate but equal. The students were provided educational opportunities that were divided from white students but were supposed to have equal resources. This was ultimately not true. Brown V. Board of Education debunked the Separate but equal. idea.

The Civil Rights movement pushed for integration and ultimately succeeded although there are some areas of the nation that have not fully embraced integration, even today. As neighborhoods and cities have red lines for many minority populations.

Sources

Kauchak, D. (2017). Education in the United States and It's Historical Roots. In P. Eggen (Ed.), Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a professional (6th ed., pp. 111-149). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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