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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. -
Act that granted public lands to small farmers at low costs, the wave of immigration changed how schools worked
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"separate but Equal"
https://www.britannica.com/event/Plessy-v-Ferguson-1896 -
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 -
Enlisted the Federal governments help in the effort to equalize education
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement -
"Separate is not Equal" ended Segregation of public Schools
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
Launching of the first satellite, made American government put increased funding into math and science
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Started Head Start program, gave more attention to special education
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_and_Secondary_Education_Act -
No person can be excluded from a school program because of their sex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX -
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