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First State funded School Specifically for Teacher Education
three young women reported to Lexington, Massachusetts, with hopes of attending the first state funded school specifically established for public teacher education (what were then referred to as "normal" schools). After taking an examination which determined they were satisfactorily versed in the subjects taught by the ordinary district school, they were granted admission to this experimental program, the first in the nation.
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The Original Department of Education was created
The original Department of Education was created in 1867 to collect information on schools and teaching that would help the States establish effective school systems. While the agency's name and location within the Executive Branch have changed over the past 130 years, this early emphasis on getting information on what works in education to teachers and education policymakers continues down to the present day. "The federal role in education" 2012) -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy V. Fergusson justified and permitted racial segregation, as not being in breach of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which guaranteed equal protection under the law to all citizens, and other federal civil rights laws. With is ruling, education, services, facilities, public accommodations, housing, medical care, employment, and transportation were allowed to be separated along racial lines, provided that the quality of each group's public facilities was equal donn -
First Teacher Federation
The nation’s first teachers’-only union, the Chicago Teachers Federation, was founded by two pissed off lady educators, Margaret Haley and Catherine Goggin.
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Smith Hughes Act
focused on training for high school students in agriculture, industry, and home economics
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Free public schools
The first free public school in America~ Sharyn PaquetteTED200 -
Brown v. Board of Education
In December, 1952, the U.S. Supreme Court had on its docket cases from Kansas (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS), Delaware (Belton (Bulah) v. Gebhart), the District of Columbia (Bolling v. Sharp), South Carolina (Briggs v. Elliott), and Virginia (Davis et al. v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, et al.), all of which challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools. The U.S. Supreme Court had consolidated these five cases under one name, Oliv -
Project HeadStart
1965 - Project Head Start, a preschool education program for children from low-income families, begins as an eight-week summer program.
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EEOA Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
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Public Law (PL) 94-142) was passed
Public schools were required to evaluate handicapped children and create an educational plan with parent input that would emulate as closely as possible the educational experience of non-disabled students. This law also required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education along with one free meal daily for children with physical and or mental disabilities. -
Board of Education v. Pico decision
Board of Education v. Pico decision held that the 1st Amendment limits the power of local school boards to remove library books from junior high schools and high schools. -
No Child Left Behind
The Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills of reading and mathematics. Each individual state develops its own standards (what they should learn) and assessments (how well they should learn it). To receive federal school funding, States must give these assessments to all students at select grade levels, including those with disabilities.
