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Jan 1, 1830- Common Schools
Schools funded by local property taxes and charged no tuition, precursor to todays public schools
https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1871/Common-School-Movement.html#:~:text=The%20Rise%20of%20the%20Common%20School.%20The%20common,government%20role%20in%20the%20schooling%20of%20all%20children. -
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May 20, 1862- Homestead Act
Act that granted public lands to small farmers at low costs, the wave of immigration changed how schools worked
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May 18, 1896-Plessy V. Ferguson
"separate but Equal"
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Sep. 15, 1930- Feminization of Teaching
Suffrage movement established equality between men and woman and allowed woman to teach
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/feminization-teaching -
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Sep. 15, 1950 Civil Rights Movement
Enlisted the Federal governments help in the effort to equalize education
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May 17, 1954- Brown V. Board of Education
"Separate is not Equal" ended Segregation of public Schools
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Oct. 4, 1957- Sputnik
Launching of the first satellite, made American government put increased funding into math and science -
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April. 6 1965- Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Started Head Start program, gave more attention to special education
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june. 23, 1972- Title IX
No person can be excluded from a school program because of their sex
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Jan. 8, 2002- No Child Left Behind Act
Set new standards that students must reach or the school district may face federal assistance money
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act