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Homestead Act
The homestead act was an act where they gave land to people over 21. When this happened you started seeing a lot more people coming and getting land, and building houses. Along with that came with a lot of kids needing to go to school, it led classrooms to be oversized K-12 all in one classroom. -
Common School Act
This act was to start getting schools ready and started. It was public funding with public dollars, it helped them getting everything started. It ensured free and standardized education. -
Female Teachers
We started to get female teachers around the suffrage movement, which Logan and I talked about in our presentation. It was a period of time where women were fighting for their rights. They wanted equal rights. On september 15th they decided to let women and men take the role of teaching. -
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
This act was to ensure that all students could get a lunch. Whether they didn't have enough money, Russell wanted to ensure that all students had the nutrients and energy to start their school day. They started to provide free or reduced lunch for students who were struggling with getting lunch. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown vs. Board of Education was a big movement. They ruled that the racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional. This movement allowed students of all colors go to school together and get the same treatment as others. They said that it was a violation of the 14th amendment, all of this happened in Topeka, Kansas. -
National defense Education Act
This act was to provide schools with funding. It was federal funding to all schools. They were providing funding to to United States education institution at all levels. -
Headstart Program
The head start program was designed to help stop the cycle of poverty by providing families with low income a chance to help their children meet their emotional, physical, social, health needs. It helped out a lot of families and it was a very important things. -
BIlingual education act
This act was to provide funding to schools so that they can ensure that students who's english wasn't their first language. They gave funding to schools to ensure that those students would get the help they needed. -
Students with disabilities act
This was an act that ensured that all students with a disability would get free education. They were to have their own classrooms to meet those students needs and make sure that they were in a comfortable environment. -
No Child Left Behind
The no child left behind is an act that ensured that schools were held responsible for the academic progress of all their students. It put special attention on students that were struggling, they wanted to make sure that they got the education that they deserved. Not all states had to listen to this act but if they didn't they were risking their federal funding.
