Importance of Education
Education benefits the individual and the society in which the individual lives. A person without an adequate education may have difficulty finding a job and earning a living. The economic well-being of a country can be undermined by lack of a skilled work force, and the more technologically advanced a nation is the more acute is its need for educated workers.
Every group, no matter how primitive, makes at least some effort to train its youth in its way of life. As a society becomes more complex, education becomes more important. Schools and other institutions play a vital role in preserving and extending a nation's cultural heritage.
Education has acquired great importance in all societies. It helps to prepare the men and women who direct and carry out the varied activities required in a modern society. Education is considered to be essential in a democratic society such as the United States. People who govern themselves must learn to recognize and preserve their freedoms, form intelligent opinions about public affairs, vote thoughtfully, and hold office effectively.
Important dates in U.S. education
1635 The Boston Latin School, the first secondary school in the American Colonies, began classes.
1636 Massachusetts chartered Harvard College, the first college in the American Colonies.
1642 Massachusetts passed an education law requiring parents to teach their children to read.
1647 Massachusetts became the first American colony to require establishment of public elementary and secondary schools.
1785 Georgia chartered the first state university.
1795 The University of North Carolina became the first state university to hold classes.
1819 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot take over a private college without its permission.
1833 Oberlin Collegiate Institute (now Oberlin College) became the first coeducational college in the United States.
1852 Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school-attendance law in the United States.
1862 The Morrill Act gave federal land to support state agricultural and technical colleges.
1874 The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that taxes could be collected to support public high schools.
1917 Congress passed the Smith-Hughes Act, the first act to provide federal funds for vocational education below the college level.
1944 Congress passed the first GI Bill, granting funds to veterans to continue their education.
1954 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public schools segregated by race are unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
1965 Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to aid local schools and to improve the education of children from low-income families.
1972 Congress passed the Education Amendments Act, which grants funds to almost every institution of higher learning to use as it wishes.
1978 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that college and university admission programs may not use specific quotas to achieve racial balance. But they may give special consideration to members of minority groups.
1979 Congress established the U.S. Department of Education.
1983 The National Commission on Excellence in Education reported in A Nation at Risk that U.S. students lagged far behind students in many other industrialized nations.
1994 Michigan became the first state to sharply reduce the use of property taxes in the financing of its public schools.
2000 The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that students may not lead group prayers at public school football games.
2001 Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act to increase federal funding for public schools and to establish broad student testing requirements.
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