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Joliet Junior College
In Joliet, Illinois the open the first public college -
Transportation
All states have funding law to provide transportation to schools -
S.A.T.
This is the first year the SAT's where tested to students -
The Great Despresion
When the great depression started this hurt the public school funding greatly. Forcing schools to close, teacher layoff, and lower salaries -
Unemployed
Congress passed those who are unemployed would do public projects on hundreds of schools -
Electronics
The computer age begins the first computer is a tube-filtered computer for the military -
Food
Passes a law saying school must provide a school lunch program called the School Lunch Act 1946 -
African American
Ruby Bridges is the first african american to go to school as a first grader. The other mothers pull their cacassion children out of school. -
Higher Education Act
This act makes it easier to go to college to get a higher education with loans and scolarships -
No Child Left-Behind
This act states that no child under any circustance will be forbided to come to school no matter if they dont have money to send the child