Midterm (real) Flashcards
Harvard, first American college, founded in Massachusetts for the purpose of training ministers of the Gospel
1636
Bay Psalm Book - first book printed in the colonies
1640
Massachusetts compulsory education law
1642
First general school law, Old Deluder Satan Act, passed in
Massachusetts; provided for the establishment of grammar schools so children could read the Scriptures
1647
First American textbook, Noah Webster’s spelling book,
published
1783
Lands as federal aid were implemented by the Northwest Ordinance which said that schools were necessary to promote “religion, morality, and knowledge.” (Voted again in 1789 under newly ratified Constitution.)
1787
Passage of the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reserved education for the various states
1791
Benjamin Franklin organizes Academy in Philadelphia which later became the University of Pennsylvania
1751
First tax-supported high school established in Boston
1821
The first private normal school for teachers organized in Vermont
1823
McGuffey Readers began and continued to have an enormous influence for over a century.
1836
Horace Mann, first state Secretary of Education, started “Common School Revival” - first public school started and the Bible still taught.
1837
First state normal school organized at Lexington, Massachusetts
1839
National Teacher’s Association formed, now known as the NEA National Education Association
1857
First U.S. kindergarten established at Watertown, Wisconsin
1855
Association of American Universities organized; McGuffey Readers replaces New England Primer
1900
John Dewey, the father of Progressive Education, introduced socialistic, anti-Christian philosophy in the schools. The Bible was separated from academic studies.
1905