Midterm 2016 Dates

Question 1

“Bay Psalm Book” – 1st book printed on colonies

Answer 1

1640

Question 2

1642

Answer 2

Massachusetts compulsory education law

Question 3

1636

Answer 3

Harvard, 1st American college

Founded in MA for purpose of training ministers of the Gospel

Question 4

Massachusetts compulsory education law

Answer 4

1642

Question 6

1647

Answer 6

1st general school law
Old Deluder Satan Act passed in MA
Provided for establishment of grammar schools so children could read Scriptures

Question 7

1st general school law
Old Deluder Satan Act passed in MA
Provided for establishment of grammar schools so children could read scriptures

Answer 7

1647

Question 8

1751

Answer 8

Benjamin Franklin organizes Academy in Philadelphia which later became University of PA

Question 9

Benjamin Franklin organizes Academy in Philadelphia which later became the University of PA

Answer 9

1751

Question 10

1783

Answer 10

1st American textbook, Noah Webster’s spelling book, published

Question 11

1st American textbook, Noah Webster’s spelling book, published

Answer 11

1783

Question 12

1785

Answer 12

Policy of endowment of schools with public funds

Question 13

Policy of endowment of schools with public funds

Answer 13

1785

Question 14

1787

Answer 14

Lands as federal aid were implemented by the Northwest Ordinance which said that schools were necessary to promote “religion, morality, and knowledge.” (Voted again in 1789 under newly ratified Constitution.)

Question 15

Lands as federal aid were implemented but the Northwest Ordinance which said that schools were necessary to promote “religion, morality, and knowledge.” (Voted again in 1789 under newly ratified Constitution.)

Answer 15

1787

Question 16

1791

Answer 16

Passage of the 10th amendment to the US Constitution reserved education for the various states

Question 17

Passage of 10th Amendment to the US Constitution reserved education for the various states.

Answer 17

1791

Question 18

1819

Answer 18

The US Supreme Court rendered the Dartmouth College decision, establishing the inviolability of a college charter.

Question 19

1821

Answer 19

First tax-supported high school established in Boston

Question 20

1823

Answer 20

The first private normal school for teachers organized in Vermont

Question 21

1836

Answer 21

McGuffey Readers began and continued to have an enormous influence for over a century

Question 22

1837

Answer 22

Horace Mann, 1st secretary of Education, started “Common School Revival”

Question 23

First public school started and Bible still taught

Answer 23

1837

Question 24

1839

Answer 24

1st state normal school organized at Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 25

1855

Answer 25

1st U.S. kindergarten established at Watertown, Wisconsin

Question 26

1857

Answer 26

National Teacher's Association formed (now known as NEA National Education Association)

Question 27

1862

Answer 27

President Lincoln signed Morill Act, creating federally supported land-grant colleges

Question 28

1867

Answer 28

Congress created National Department of Education, later becoming the U.S. Office of Education

Question 29

1872

Answer 29

Michigan Supreme Court upheld taxation for secondary schools in Kalamazoo case

Question 30

1900

Answer 30

Association of American Universities organized; "McGuffey Readers" replaces "New England Primer"

Question 31

1905

Answer 31

John Dewey, father of progressive education, introduced socialistic, anti-Christian philosophy in the schools.

Question 32

Bible separated from academic studies

Answer 32

1905

Question 33

1918

Answer 33

Legal compulsory education made effective in all states

Question 34

1925

Answer 34

In the Oregon decision, Supreme Court articulated constitutional right of parents to choose whether they wish their children to be educated in public or private schools

Question 35

1932

Answer 35

Private schools enrolled 8% of total elementary and secondary student population

Question 36

Average size of private school was 196 students per school; private schools enrolled 2 million students

Answer 36

1932

Question 37

1933

Answer 37

"The Humanist Manifesto," written by John Dewey and 33 other signers

Question 38

"The Humanist Manifesto"

Answer 38

God and the supernatural were rejected and replaced with man's reasoning and science

Question 39

1954

Answer 39

Pensacola Christian Schools began with 35 students

Question 40

1932-1960

Answer 40

90% of private schools were church affiliated

Question 41

1960

Answer 41

First volume of Programmed Learning published

Question 42

1961

Answer 42

Average size of private school was 300 students per school

Question 43

1962

Answer 43

New York Board of Regents approved school prayer; U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional

Question 44

1965

Answer 44

There are now over 10,000 Christian schools to combat the destructive education of religious humanism

Question 45

1970

Answer 45

Right-To Read program started nationwide to raise reading performance

Question 46

1972

Answer 46

A Beka Book officially began

Question 47

1980

Answer 47

U.S Supreme Court ruled the Ten Commandments unconstitutional to post in Kentucky schools for their work in state-mandated testing

Question 48

1983

Answer 48

"A Nation at Risk" --a report about the decline in education

Question 49

"A Nation at Risk" (1983)

Answer 49

A report about the decline in education

Question 50

1994

Answer 50

Educate America Act--Goal 2000 Outcome based education

Question 51

2001

Answer 51

No Child Left Behind Act targets improving test scores and reading skills

Question 52

No Child Left Behind Act (2001) targets...

Answer 52

Improving test scores and reading skills

Question 53

Harvard, 1st American college | Founded in MA for purpose of training ministers of the Gospel

Answer 53

1636

Question 55

1640

Answer 55

"Bay Psalm Book"- 1st book printed in colonies