EOP Event 1 - History of Education in America

Goal of Brown vs. Board of Education was creation of separate but equal schools for all.

Goals 2000 Act of 1974 included six educational goals to be reached by the year 2000.

Thomas Jefferson wanted to make sure that a college education was free.

Sixteen general career areas, each having a wide range of related opportunities

1983 report, Nation at Risk reported the rate of illiteracy in America had dropped

In early America, schools run by women in their own homes.

The Civil Rights Act of 1954 (during the Civil Rights Movement)___.

The computer revolution ____.

public school operating with freedom from regulations that apply to traditional public schools

Courses of study that prepare students for careers related to a specific trade or occupation

Launching satellite Sputnik by Soviets caused Congress to pass the National Defense Education Act.

Money beyond that needed for basic necessities allowing people to buy or do what they want

Immigration laws set limits for people coming to the United States from other countries

The goals of No Child Left Behind included _____.

Title IX, 1972, prohibited discrimination based on race.

Providing proof that standards, such as educational goals, are being achieved

The teaching principles, emphasizing self-directed learning through sensory experiences

in the 1950s, many educators ________.

The belief that we should teach students the skills that would improve the ills of society.

Educational change and reform began in the rural areas and then spread to the urban areas.

unable to read or write

federal government program to help pre-k children from low-income families develop skills for kindergarten

Education in two languages

Teaching methods that require students to show their abilities in subject areas

Statements of students expectation set by national organizations/states/school districts

Someone who learns a skilled trade by watching and helping someone in that trade.

interconnection of nations around the world through finance/international companies/trade

Before the Civil War laws existed to keep African Americans from receiving an education.

Schools that prepared men and women with the necessary skills to become teachers

A sheet of paper usually containing the alphabet, a prayer or two covered by clear animal horn

The Quaker Schools were open to girls, African Americans, and Native Americans as early as 1600

levels of knowledge and skills to be mastered in specific subject areas

The first widely used textbooks published during the American Common School Period.

The Equal Opportunity in Education Act _____.

tests that measure students' performance compared to that of thousands of other students

move toward focusing on reading/writing/math

Public schools available to children from all levels of society

The great increase in births after the end of World War II

During the 1940s-1950s, education in America ______.

The increase in population after WWII resulted in the need for more schools and teachers.