1. South Dakota Project Integrate Penguins Ignite 2010

4.  The first American leader to suggest creating a public school.

5.  No electricity  They used quill pens & ink wells  Education not mainstreamed, & not available to everyone,  Key subjects math and English

6. Connections from east to west making the trip to California take only days

7.  Free public education at the elementary level was available for all American children by the end of the 19th century.

8.  By 1918 all states had passed laws requiring children to attend at least elementary school.

9.  First publicly supported secondary school in the United States was the Boston Latin School, founded in 1635.

10.  From 1900 to 1996 the percentage of teenagers who graduated from high school increased from about 6 percent to about 85 percent.

11. Near the end of the 20 th century more than 60 % of 18 to 24 year olds, or over 14 million students, were enrolled in about 3500 four- year and two-year colleges.

12. Bush’s 2001 Law of No Child Left Behind.  Based on stronger accountability for academic achievement

13.  More freedom for states and communities  Proven education methods  More choices for parents.

15.  There are those that let it happen

16.  Those that make it happen

17.  And those that wonder what happened