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1787
The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in America -
1791
The Bill of Rights is passed by the first Congress of the new United States -
1827
Massachusetts passes a law making all grades of public school open to all people free of charge. -
1854
The brand-new Boston Public Library opens to the public -
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson decision. -
1944
The G.I. Bil of Rights -
1954
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka -
1958
Arizona State University officially becomes the second state university -
1964
The Civil Rights Act is passed -
1965
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) -
1972
The Indian Education Act -
1982
Board of Education v. Pico -
1984
Emergency Immigrant Education Act -
1994
Proposition 187 passes -
1998
Outlawing bilingual education in California -
2002
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) -
2014
President Barack Obama signs the 1.1-trillion dollar bipartisan budget bil