History of American Education

Horace Mann...

In the 1980s, the back-to-the-basics movement was founded because….

School curriculum was focused on primarily religion. (First era of education)

A flat wooden board used for instruction and had paper or thin bone with the alphabet or scripture usually on it.

Civil Rights Act of 1964....

Court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the Constitution and was a CRITICAL civil rights victory.

An apprentice would trade working without pay for their education in early America.

Bilingual education provides language resources for ELL or ESL students and began in the 70s.

In the 80s, Nation at Risk & the back-to-basics movements involved US students being behind in science, reading, & more.

He believed classrooms were not individualized enough and students learn through real-life experiences.

The Montessori Method focused on sensory development before reading and writing. It is a student-focused method too.

Current trends in US education include (click all that apply)

Ben Franklin began a push for secondary education and advancement of sciences in the...

No Child Left Behind increased and used standardized testing for accountability and data.

When did the computer revolution begin in education?

Inclusion means including all special ed students in a classroom & not in a typical classroom with nondisabled students.

Career and technical education was established during the...

Currently, you must be reading at grade-level by 3rd grade to pass 3rd grade due to the Literacy Act.

No Child Left Behind was changed to the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.

Kids from low-income families were able to attend preschool when Project Head Start formed in..

Books that contributed to normalizing and standardizing American education. A first version of common textbooks.

School safety began to become an major topic after which event in 1999?

John Dewey lead the movement to make education more flexible and focused on students in the...

The 1970’s was an influential time for our modern day schools, it focused on equality for...

In the 1970s, schools were "desegregated" legally, but busing and funding still caused injustices to African Americans.

The Smith-Hughes Act established career and technical education in what time period?

Thomas Jefferson established the...

No Child Left Behind started with the goal to improve...

Quaker schools allowed African American students.

The National Defense Education Act in 1958...

STEM is trending right now to prepare students for jobs that do not exist yet.

Education standards started in the 90s and are...

National Defense Act made money available to improve scientific equipment in the...

First-Class Pre-K is currently....

Head Start programs, public preschools for low-income families, no longer exist because of First-Class Pre-K.

For the first time, free public education for children with disabilities was guaranteed due to the...

Schools that helped normalize education through training teachers.

The Morrill Act/Land-Grant Act provided federal land to..

Dick and Jane books were invented to help people with basic reading skills in the....

The McGuffey Readers were a series of textbooks that were first used in....