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The Massachusetts Law of 1647 (The Old Deluder Satan Act)

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The First Public Library

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Early Colonial Schools

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Franklin School

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Northwest Land Ordinance: Northwest land ordinance chartered a gov. for the Northwest territory, provided a method for admitting the new states to the union from the territory, and listed a ill of rights guaranteed in the territory.

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First public high school

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Horace Mann – visionary educator

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John Dewey the father of modern education:
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.

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First Kindergarten:
In the United States Margarethe Schurz founded the first kindergarten in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1856. Her German-language kindergarten impressed Elizabeth Peabody, who opened the first American English-language kindergarten in Boston in 1860. The National Education Association began a kindergarten department in 1874, and teachers founded the International Kindergarten Union in 1892.

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The Department of Education established

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National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

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National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

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National Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

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Junior High and middle Schools formed
Benjamin Bloom and Ralph Tyler influence curriculum and instruction

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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The Vocational Act

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The Civil Rights Act

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The Elementary and Secondary Act:
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty” (McLaughlin, 1975). This law brought education into the forefront of the national assault on poverty and represented a landmark commitment to equal access to quality education (Jeffrey, 1978).

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Bilingual Education Act

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Montessori schools

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Title IX Education Amendment Act

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PL 94-142 Education for All Handicap Act

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The Imperative for Educational Reform