DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION

1. HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF
HISTORY OF EDUCATION
REPORTER: MICHELLEG. ANTOQUE

2. First Known School
2000 BC
Cuneiform mathematics textbooks from this time
period have been discovered. This suggests that
some form of schooling may have existed in Sumer
during that time. Formal schools are also known to
have existed in China during this time period.

3. Age of Pericles
0455 BC - 431 BC
Most Greek city-states have adopted a formal
educational system. Sparta used their educational
system to train their children for effective military
support. Athens, however, stressed more intellectual and
aesthetic lessons.

4. Development of Roman Schools
50 BC - 200 AD
The Romans were heavily influenced by the Greek
education system. Many children, after learning to read
and write, attended a school to study Latin, literature,
history, math, music, and dialectics. These Latin schools
are very similar to secondary schools in the 20th
century.

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The Dark Ages
400 - 1000
During this period, the common people were politically
and religiously oppressed, which stunted the ability for the
population to grow and innovate intellectually as the
Greeks and Romans previously had. Although formal
education was not an option for most people, certain
people in the church and in wealthy families were able to
receive education and make small advances.

6. .
Thomas Aquinas
1225 - 1274
During the medieval times, most people were taught by
Catholic priests, many of whom were corrupt. Through his
works as a theologian, Thomas Aquinas helped to change
the churches view on how commoners should learn and
grow in knowledge. Thomas Aquinas helped pave the
way for the creation of medieval universities.

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The Renaissance
1350 - 1700
The Renaissance, which started in Italy, was a rebirth of
the people's thirst for new knowledge. The Renaissance
slowly spread throughout Europe, which led to a revival
of classical learning known as "humanism."

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Earliest American Colleges Established
1630 - 1640
The first colonial college, Harvard, was established in
1636 to prepare ministers. A few years later, other schools
such as Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Brown are
established.

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John Locke
1632 - 1704
John Locke was one of the most influential Enlightenment
philosophers. In 1678, he wrote an essay titled
"Concerning Human Understanding." In this essay, he
discusses his belief that at birth, our minds are a blank
slate, and that we gain knowledge through experience.
His views of the mind and how people learn were greatly
influential to the US educational system.

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Old Deluder Satan Act
1647
This act decreed that every town of 50 families
or more needs to hire a schoolmaster who
would teach the town's children to read and
write and that all towns of at least 100 families
need to have a Latin grammar school teacher
who would prepare students to attend Harvard.

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American Academy
1751
In 1751, Benjamin Franklin founded the American
Academy, an educational institution. Its curriculum was
both classical and modern, which included lessons in
history, geography, navigation, surveying, and languages.
This went on to become the University of Pennsylvania.

12. State Control of Education
1791
When the 10th Amendment of the United
States Constitution is passed, the individual
states gain the right to control education.

13. Invention of the Blackboard
1801
In 1801, James Pillans invented the
blackboard when he hung a large slate
on the classroom wall.

14. Compulsory Education
1852
In 1524, during the Reformation, Martin Luther had
advocated for compulsory schooling so that all
parishioners would be able to read the Bible. In 1852,
Massachusetts passed a law making education
mandatory. This spread throughout the country, and the
final state to adopt it was Mississippi in 1917.

15. Invention of the Typewriter
1867
In 1867, Christopher Sholes invented the
modern typewriter. This was later manufactured
by E. Remington & Sons in 1873.

16. Dewey Decimal System
1876

17. High School Curriculum
1892
A standardized high school curriculum was
formed by the National Education Association to
establish a standard secondary school
curriculum, the Committee of Ten, recommended
a curriculum that was college oriented, which laid
the foundation to high schools today.

19. Pencils and Paper
1900
Mass produced pencils and paper are starting
to become more accessible, which eventually
replaced the school slate, and made writing
easier.

20. First Community College
1901
In 1901, Joliet Junior College in Joliet,
Illinois, opened, and became the first
community college in America.

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SAT
1926
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was first
administered in 1926. The SAT is owned,
published, and developed by the College
Board, a nonprofit organization in the United
States. The test was developed to assess a
student's readiness for college.

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First Computer
1946 - 1956
The Electronic Numerical Integrator And
Computer (ENIAC), the first vacuum-tube
computer, was built for the U.S. military by
Presper Eckert and John Mauchly in the
1950s. This marked the beginning of the
computer age.

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Brown v. Board of Education
1954
The United States Supreme Court passes the
case, Brown v. Board of Education, which makes
segregated schools illegal.

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ACT
1959
In November of 1959, Everett Franklin
Lindquist administered the first ACT test as as
direct competition to the SAT. The ACT has
usually consisted of 4 different tests: English,
Math, Reading, and Science Reasoning.
Although the SAT is the standard, the ACT is
still very popular, and is used exclusively in
certain districts.

25. .
First Computer Used in School
1959
Computers were first used in New York
elementary schools to teach arithmetic. This
was the beginning of a major technological
revolution in education.

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First African American Child to Attend All
White Elementary
1960
At William Frantz Elementary School in New
Orleans, Ruby Bridges, a first grader, was the
first African American child to attend. She
eventually became the only child in the class,
because all the white parents pulled their
students out of the class.

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Tinker v. Des Moines
1969
During the Vietnam War, students in the Des
Moines wore black armbands in protest. The
district passed a rule prohibiting the bands, but
the students argued it infringed on their First
Amendment rights. The court agreed with the
students and struck down the ban.

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Handheld Calculator
1970
Serving as the predecessor to the TI-83, this
first calculator was originally concerning to
teachers, as they feared it would undermine
students' learning.

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Scantron Grading System
1972
In 1972, the Scantron Corporation removed
the need to grade multiple choice tests by
hand. The machines were free to use, but the
company charged for the grading forms.

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Whiteboard
1990
Although the inventor of the whiteboard has
been heavily debated, they first started to gain
popularity in the 90's, partly due to students
having allergic reactions to the chalkboard
dust.

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Higher Education Act
1998
This act was amended and reauthorized, and required
institutions and states to produce report cards about
teacher education performance. This was another
attempt to unify the educational experience in the USA.

32. .
No Child Left Behind Act
2001
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was approved by
Congress and signed into law by President George W.
Bush in January of 2002. This law mandates high-stakes
student testing, holds schools accountable for the
students' achievement levels, and punishes schools that
do not make adequate yearly progress toward meeting
the goals of NCLB.

33. Common Core
2009
The Common Core State Standards Initiatives
is launched which details what K-12 students
should know at the end of the year.