Vocabulary
The process of students moving into particular school settings as dictacted by law.
What is integration?
Advocated for a free public school system and widespread teacher training.
Who is Horace Mann?
A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Publicly supported school that provided children with equal acess to education.
What is the Common School Movement?
These schools, primarily run by women, taught students basic education.
What are Dame Schools?
Specialized education created to prepare students for occupation positions, trade skills, and careers.
What is Vocational Education?
Promoted the idea that women possessed the ideal innate skills to be teachers.
Who is Catherine Beecher?
These statutes mandated education for children, skyrocketing attendance.
What are Compulsory Education Laws?
A movement that promoted made educational discrimnation illegal.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
An educational philosophy that emphasizes experience, problem solving, and a "student first" approach through hands-on learning.
What is Progressive Education?
Believed that students learn actively, promoting a student-centered learning approach.
Who is John Dewey?
This case established the precedent that segregation was legal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
What is the Vocational School Movement?
The process of teaching American customes, language, and culture to immigrants.
What is Americanization?
Believed that African-Americans should strive towards self-reliance to achieve economic independence through vocational education.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This set of legislation expanded federal involvement in K-12 education, providing resources for students to attend school longer.
What is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act?
This moment in education emphasized the importance of the learning experience and active learning.
What is the Progressive School Movement?
An important schoolbook created specifically to serve families during westward expansion that taught skills and values.
What are McGuffey Readers?
Expanded education through his empire, with religion being the driving force.
Who is Charlemagne?
This law guarantees a free appropriate public education and protections for children with disabilities.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?
This movement promoted standardized testing, resulting in the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.
What are Standards-Based Reforms?