American School history

1904 - Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator, founds the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Binet-Simon Scale, as it is called, is an effective means of measuring intelligence. It is charted by an act of Congress in 1906, the same year the Foundation encouraged the adoption of a standard system for equating "seat time" (the amount of time spent in a class) to high school credits.

1909 - Educational reformer Ella Flagg Young becomes superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools.

Two years later (1913), Maria Montessori visits the United States, and Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel found the Montessori Educational Association at their Washington, DC, home 1913 - Edward Lee Thorndike's book, Educational Psychology: The Psychology of Learning, is published.

1916 - John Dewey's Democracy and Education.

1919 - The Progressive Education Association is founded with the goal of reforming American education.

1921 - Louis Terman launches a longitudinal study of "intellectually superior" children at Stanford University.

1926 - The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered.

1932 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president and begins bold efforts to initiate his New Deal and spur economic recovery.

His wife, Eleanor, becomes a champion of human rights and forever transforms the role of American First Lady.1935 - Congress authorizes the Works Progress Administration.

1939 - Frank W. Cyr, a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College, organizes a national conference on student transportation.

She becomes a teacher! 1946 - In the landmark court case of Mendez vs.

1960 -First grader Ruby Bridges is the first African American to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

1963 - In the cases of School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v.

1965 - Project Head Start, a preschool education program for children from low-income families, begins as an eight-week summer program.

1966 - Public Law 358, the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966, provides not only educational benefits, but also home and farm loans as well as employment counseling and placement services for Vietnam veterans.

1968 - The Bilingual Education Act, also know as Title VII, becomes law.

1973 - The Rehabilitation Act becomes law.

1975 - The Education of All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) becomes federal law.

Her teaching model becomes widely used as teachers throughout the country attend her workshops and become "Hunterized."1982 - In the case of Plyler v.

1983 - Columbia College begins admitting women.

1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Windows, is released, setting the stage for subsequent versions that make MS-DOS obsolete.

1989 - The University of Phoenix establishes their "online campus," the first to offer online bachelor's and master's degrees.

So . . . does this mean that Al Gore didn't invent the internet after all? 1990 - Public Law 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), renames and amends Public Law 94-142.

On August 6, 1991, he puts the first web site on line from a computer at the CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in order to facilitate information sharing among scientists.

1994 - Jim Clark and Mark Andreesan found Mosaic Communications.

1995 - Georgia becomes the first state to offer universal preschool to all four year olds whose parents choose to enroll them.

The law is revised in 1998 and becomes Public Law 105-225.

2000 - In yet another case regarding school prayer (Santa Fe School District v.

In 2001, the United States entered its current era of education accountability/reform with the institution of the No Child Left Behind law. *Update: The Every Student Succeeds Act has replaced No Child Left Behind.

2007 - On January 1, 2007, the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) became the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), joining the trend toward use of the term intellectual disability in place of mental retardation.

As of 2008, about 39% of the state's four year olds, mostly from low-income families, are enrolled.

2009 - The Common Core State Standards Initiative, "a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers," is launched.

2011 - President Barack Obama announces on September 23 that the United States Department of Education is inviting each State educational agency to request flexibility regarding some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

2012 - On July 6, Washington and Wisconsin become the two most recent states to be granted waivers from some requirements of the federal No Child left Behind law, bringing the total number of states granted waivers to 26.

A month later, they lay off another 2100 employees including more than 1000 teachers! CPS blames the layoffs on "the state's failure to enact pension reform."2013 - In the case of Fisher v.

2014 - The Civil Rights Project report, Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat, and an Uncertain Future, is published on May 15.

2016 - On August 21, a federal judge in Texas signs a temporary injunction allowing schools to opt out of the above transgender bathroom directive.

Which state will be next? 2018 - In response to the Parkland, Florida school shootings, Florida Governor Rick Scott signs legislation on March 9 that, among other things, raises the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 and imposes a three-day waiting period for firearm purchases.