Colonial Education
These schools were early private elementary schools usually taught by women in the teacher's home.
What are Dame Schools?
This type of public, tax-supported school was created to provide children with a common basis of knowledge.
What is a Common School?
He is known as the “Father of Public Education.”
Who is Horace Mann?
This 1896 Supreme Court case established the “separate but equal” doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This program was created in the 1960s to help preschool children from low-income families prepare for kindergarten and beyond.
What is Head Start?
The main purpose of education during the Colonial Period was to further the spread of this.
What is religion?
This two-year teacher-training institution became the foundation for many modern state colleges and universities.
What is a Normal School?
He founded Tuskegee University and was a leader in African American education.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This 1950s Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Constitution.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
During the 1970s, children with __________ were guaranteed a free and appropriate public education.
What are disabilities?
This law required towns of a certain size to provide a school so children could learn to read, including reading the Bible.
What is the Old Deluder Satan Law?
Horace Mann believed all children should receive a __________ and __________ education.
What are a free and quality education?
This founding father made contributions to education and supported educational opportunities in the early United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This law prohibits discrimination based on gender in education.
What is Title IX?
Name the two early classroom technologies introduced during the 1970s according to your review material.
What are computers and calculators?
During the Colonial Period, the __________ colonies believed everyone should be educated regardless of religion, while the __________ colonies emphasized religious education.
What are Middle and New England colonies?
This educational philosophy emphasized democracy, student needs, practical activities, and school-community relationships.
What is Progressive Education?
This founding father made contributions to education and believed education was important to the development of citizens.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This law protects students from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin.
What is Title VI?
This 1983 report warned that America's competitive edge was at risk in business, science, and technology.
What is A Nation at Risk?
Give two restrictions that were placed on teachers during the American Colonial Period.
Answers may include restrictions related to religion, behavior, qualifications, or community expectations.
As the population changed during the Progressive Period, schools changed their curriculum and teachers' roles to better meet the needs of this increasingly diverse population.
What is a growing/diverse student population?
Name two leaders of Progressive Education.
Who are John Dewey and Maria Montessori?
This 2001 education law required standardized testing to measure success and tied school funding to test performance.
What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?
Name the two major federal education laws that followed NCLB: one passed in 2015 and one that provided resources to at-risk schools and students.
What are ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) and ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act)?