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John Dewey’s Progressive Education Movement (Early 1900s)
Shift towards student-centered education -
Mary McLeod Bethune’s School for African American Girls
The beginning of the Bethune-Cookman University -
Binet-Simon Intelligence Test
Genesis of the modern day IQ testing process to determine intellectual capacity -
Smith-Hughes Act
Law established the funding sources for vocational education -- career centered education -
Great Depression
The Great Depression amended the focus of education towards careers/practical skills -
The WPA and the New Deal
The founding of the WPA allowed for the development of trades -
Expansion of Exceptional Student Education
The development of a special education commission focused on the importance of differentiated instruction for persons with exceptional needs. -
The G.I. Bill
Provided educational sources to returning G.I. from World War II -
The National School Lunch Act
Established through federal law the practice of providing free and or reduced lunch for public school students. Improved attendance and nutrition for students. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The landmark desegregation of Schools Supreme Court case