Index: Education Timelines;
Individuals, Theories, and Theorists;
Laws, Events, Court Cases;
Essays, Articles, etc.
Education-Related Timelines:
American Educational
History: A Hypertext Timeline
My latest Web
project, this annotated, clickable timeline of American
educational history extends from 1607 to the 21st Century.
See the accompanying activity,
American Educational History:
What's Most Important?
A
Brief History of Education in America
1642 to 2009.
History of American Education
Web Project
Not exactly a timeline, but organized chronologically. It
is among the best educational history sites on the Web.
Timeline of
School Integration in the U.S.
From Teaching
Tolerance. See also
Timeline of Events Leading to the Brown v. Board of Education Decision, 1954.
Historical
Timeline of Education in the US
From the Race and
Public Policy Program (RAPP), this timeline emphasizes
events related to racism and discrimination.
History of Education: Selected Moments
of the 20th Century
A hypertext timeline of events from 1900-1999.
The History of Art Education Time Line
From the 1800s to the 1990s.
Chronology of Some Important Events
in the History of Learning Disabilities
From the University of Virginia.
A
History of Learning Disabilities and ADHD
From 1877
to 2017.
Major Developments in Instructional Technology During the 20th Century
From the 1920s to 1999.
Learning-Theorists
Timeline
See also
Instructional Development Timeline.
Important Individuals, Educational Theories, and Theorists:
Famous
Teachers in History
From Biography.com
John Locke (1632-1704)
From the Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. See also
John Locke.
John Locke:
An Essay Concerning
Human Understanding
The complete essay.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
See also
Rousseau Association.
Faculty Psychology
and "Formal Discipline"
A concise overview
Horace Mann
A brief biography. See also
Horace Mann from PBS.
Noah Webster
A biography of this famous author of the dictionary and
"Blue-Backed Speller."
Mind, Body, and Culture: American
Psychology Before William James
A terrific chapter from
Mind and Body: Rene Descartes
to William James.
William James
A comprehensive and very impressive
site on James.
Alfred
Binet
The "father" of the
IQ test.
Edward Lee Thorndike's
Contributions to the Field of Psycholigy
A good, concise source
of information. See also
Connectionism.
Operant Conditioning and Behaviorism
- An Historical Outline
The history of behaviorism, beginning with Edward Thorndike.
B.F. Skinner
The B.F. Skinner Foundation.
John Dewey, The Modern Father
of Experimental Education
See also the
John
Dewey Project.
Gestalt
Of German origin,
Gestalt
theory holds that learning often occurs through insight and grasping
the whole pattern or idea, rather than by learning the individual elements
one at a time. For more information, go to
Gestalt Psychology,
Gestalt Theory
by Max Wertheimer,
and
Links to Gestalt Related Sources.
Jerome Bruner
and the Process of Education
A biography and information
regarding Bruner's writing and his impact on education. See also
Discovery Learning (Bruner).
Jean Piaget
This link is to the
Jean Piaget Society. See also
The Learning
Cycle.
Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning
A good overview.
Maria Montessori
The Italian physician who
developed the
Montessori Method of education.
Laws, Acts, Events, and Court Cases:
Machusetts Education Laws of 1642 and 1647
The first school laws in
North America.
The Northwest Ordinance
A summary as well as the text of this important ordinance.
The Morrill Land Grant Act
Information about the
Land Grant Act
which provided public lands to the
several States and Territories for the purpose
of establishing institutions of higher education.
See also the
Morrill Act of
1862 and
(1890) Second Morrill Act.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Though not specifically
about education, this 1896 case set the legal precedent
for "separate but equal."
State
v. John Scopes ("the Monkey Trial") : An Account
The "Monkey Trial captures national
attention as John Scopes, a high school biology teacher, is charged
with the heinous crime of teaching evolution.
The trial ends in Scopes' conviction, but the
evolution
versus creationism controversy continues to this day.
The
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
The GI Bill.
Mendez vs. Westminster and the
California Board of Education
Learn about this important case that
set an important precedent for Brown vs. Board of Education.
Brown v. Board of Education
- 50 Years Later
See also
Documents
Related to Brown v. Board of Education,
Brown v. Board of Education Online Archive
and
Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site.
The Sputnik Era
See also
From Sputnik to TIMSS,
and
Sputnik
Left Legacy for U.S. Science Education.
Elementary and Secondary School
Act, the 'War on Poverty' and Title I
Information about the Elementary and Secondary School Act
of 1965.
Bilingual Education Act
Also know as Title VII, the Bilingual Education Act becomes law in 1968. After many
years of controversy, the
law is
repealed in 2002 and replaced by the
No Child Left Behind Act.
PARC v. Pennsylvania
The text of this 1971 federal
court ruling that
students with mental retardation are entitled
to a free public education.
Mills v. Board
of Education of District Columbia
Text of and information about this ruling which extended the
PARC ruling to other students with disabilities.
Important Court Cases in
Special Education
Brief information on several cases.
Title IX Myths
and Facts
Many people believe this 1972
law pertains only to girl's and women's participation
in sports, but actually, Title IX prohibits discrimination
based on sex in all aspects of education. See also
What Is Title IX?
The Education for All Handicapped
Children Act of 1975
PL93-142 transforms special education.
Public
Law 101-476 (IDEA)
The Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) updates PL 94-142. There have been several
updates sine IDEA was passed in 1990.
No Child Left Behind Act
This law, which
reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965 and replaces the Bilingual Education Act of 1968,
mandates high-stakes student testing, holds schools accountable for student
achievement levels, and provides penalties for schools that do not make
adequate yearly progress toward meeting the goals of NCLB. Key provisions of the
law have been
changed by President Obama.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Passed in 2015, this law reauthorizes the ESEA and makes significant changes
to NCLB.
Essays, Artcles, etc.
Back In
The Day: Lessons From Colonial Classrooms
Information about colonial education from Education World.
History and
Evolution of Public education in the U.S.
An ERIC document from the from the Center on Education Policy.
Blackwell History of
Educational Research Museum
An interesting site with pictures and information about the
museums' artifacts (such as the Hornbooks
and New England Primers).
A Relevant History of Public Education in the United States
From Public School review.
American Women's History: Education
A research guide.
A Brief History of American K-12 Mathematics
Education in the 20th Century
From Mathematical Cognition (2003).
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