Teacher Academy Unit 4 Part 1

The first state-supported schools were 

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

Early teacher training schools

Began a teaching method that emphasizes self-directed learning through sensory experiences

Promoted the link between experience and learning

Provides money for veterans to attend college or train to learn new skills

Believed that understanding science helped understand people; started the first public library

Run by women in their own homes

CTE stands for 

Report that stated that America's competitive edge was at risk

Act that formally outlawed segregation in the U.S. public schools and public places

A series of books used to teach moral lessons along with other subjects

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

Made money available to improve scientific equipment in lower and secondary schools

His influence is the reason schools teach citizenship today

Providing proof that standards are being achieved

Established kindergarten. Believed that young children learn best through play.

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

No Child Left Behind was an educational reform plan put in place by

Sought to improve the schools that were in the most need

Act that established funds to support vocational education

These books were used to teach reading, spelling, and moral lessons

Established normal schools for teacher training

Believed that education was the key to making a democracy a success

Gave federal land to establish colleges in every state

Mandated handicapped children receive appropriate education in the least restrictive environ.

Started to help pre-schoolers develop skills they needed for success in kindergarten and beyond

During the Colonial American Period, teachers were role models who could not

Prohibited discrimination based on gender