Test 2 dates Flashcards
1636
Harvard founded
1640
Bay Psalm Book - first book printed in the colonies
1642
Massachusetts compulsory
education law
1647
Old
Deluder Satan Act,
- provided for the
establishment of grammar schools
so children could read the
Scriptures
1751
Benjamin Franklin organizes
University of
Pennsylvania
1783
First American textbook, Noah
Webster’s spelling book,
1787
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.)
1791
Passage of the 10th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution reserved
education for the various states.
1821
First tax-supported high school
established in Boston
1823
The first private normal school for
teachers organized in Vermont
1836
McGuffey Readers began and
continued to have an enormous
influence for over a century.
1837
common school revival
1839
First state normal school organized
at Lexington, Massachusetts
1855
First U.S. kindergarten established
at Watertown, Wisconsin.
1857
National Teacher’s Association
formed, now known as the NEA
National Education Association
1900
Association of American
Universities organized; McGuffey
Readers replaces New England
Primer
1905
John Dewey, the father of
Progressive Education, introduced
socialistic, anti-Christian
philosophy in the schools. The
Bible was separated from academic
studies.
1947
Everson vs. the Board of Education
EVER separate - Separation of church and state
1962
Engle vs Vitale -
approved school prayer
1963
Abington Township vs. Schempp
Bible reading
1980
Stone vs Graham (10 commandments)
U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Ten
Commandments unconstitutional to
post in Kentucky schools
1983
A Nation at Risk – a report about
the decline in education
1994
Goals 2000: Educate America Act –
hijacked by Outcome Based Education thinkers
passed under pres clinton
2001
No Child Left Behind Act – targets
improving test scores / reading skills
