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Find more Kappan articles in the Subscribe today to access complete current issues online! Education Timeline: Phi Delta Kappa’s First Century 1904 John Dewey moves from Chicago Lab School to Columbia 1906 Sociey of Pi Kappa Mu, Indiana Univ., founded 1907 Maria Montessori opens her first school 1908 Phi Delta Kappa, Columbia Univ., founded 1909 Nu Rho Beta, Univ. of Missouri, founded 1910 Amalgamation of three education societies into Phi Delta Kappa 1910 Halley’s Comet returns 1914 World War I begins 1916 First issue of Phi Delta Kappan 1916 AERA founded 1917 U.S. enters World War I 1918 School attendance compulsory in every state 1918 Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education issued 1921 Immigration Restriction Act 1924 Congress makes Native Americans citizens 1925 Scopes Trial 1925 Pierce v. Society of Sisters 1926 First SAT 1930 Eight-Year Study begins 1931 Lemon Grove Incident 1933 James Bryant Conant assumes presidency of Harvard 1939 School buses turn yellow 1941 Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II 1942 Eight-Year Study published 1942 PDK admits African Americans 1944 G.I. Bill of Rights 1924 World War II ends 1946 Benjamin Spock: Baby and Child Care 1946 Henry Chauncey becomes first president of ETS 1954 Brown v. Board of Education 1955 The Blackboard Jungle, film released 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat 1955 Rudolph Flesch: Why Johnny Can’t Read 1955 Milton Friedman: The Role of Government in Schools 1957 Little Rock Nine 1957 Sputnik I 1958 National Defense Education Act 1961 Jerome Bruner: The Process of Education 1962 Engle v. Vitale 1962 James Meredith enrolls at Univ. of Mississippi 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated 1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1966 The Coleman Report 1966 PDK Educational Foundation established 1967 Jeanne Chall: Learning to Read: The Great Debate 1968 Bilingual Education Act 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District 1969 First Gallup education poll summarized in Kappan 1969 First NAEP assessment 1970 Kent State and Jackson State killings 1971 First e-mail sent 1971 Serrano v. Priest 1972 Title IX 1973 San Antonio v. Rodriguez 1974 PDK admits women 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1980 Mortimer Adler: Paideia Proposal 1980 Cabinet-level U.S. Department of Education created 1983 A Nation at Risk 1984 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act 1986 Halley’s Comet returns 1987 E. D. Hirsch, Jr.: Cultural Literacy 1987 Edwards v. Aguillard 1987 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards established 1989 U.N. adopts Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 Education Summit, Charlottesville, Va. 1990 National Education Goals announced 1990 IDEA 1990 First Channel One broadcast 1991 America 2000 announced 1991 Minnesota passes nation’s first charter school law 1994 Goals 2000: Educate America Act 1999 Columbine massacre 2001 No Child Left Behind passed 2002 Zelman v. Simmons-Harris 2003 Supreme Court rules on affirmative action cases 2006 Phi Delta Kappa celebrates centennial
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