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The Boston Latin School
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The Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula
The Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula founded the first North American school for girls in French New Orleans.
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Education Segregated by Race
For much of the past, education was segregated by race. An early racially integrated school, Noyes Academy in Canaan, New Hampshire, was destroyed by local Whites in 1835 and eventually reopened as an all white school. -
Daughter of Frederick Douglass
The daughter of Frederick Douglass passed entrance exams and was admitted to the prestigious Seward Seminary in Rochester, New York. However she was kept segregated from the white students and eventually withdrew from the school.
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Junior High
In order to improve high school graduation rates, the Columbus Ohio School Board authorizes the creation of Junior High Schools. Indianola Junior High School opens that fall and becomes the first Junior High School in the U.S.
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Laws for Funds
All states have laws providing funds for transporting children to school.
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression affects public education. Public education funding suffers greatly resulting in school closings, teacher layoffs, and lower salaries.
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Brown vs. Board of Education
In this case the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education watch this video for more information:
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The Emergency Immigrant Education Act
This act is enacted to provide services and offset the costs of immigrant students.
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The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
This act provides more than 90 billion dollars for education. Nearly 1/2 of which goes to local school districts to prevent layoffs and for school modernization and repair. It includes the Race to the Top Initiative; a 4.35 billion dollar program designed to induce reform in K-12 education
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Student Loan Debt
A federal judge orders the U.S Department of Education to forgive the student loan debt of about 15,000 students who attended for profit schools that are no longer in business.
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