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Early Republic
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Washington, Webster, Franklin, Jefferson, and Rush support public education in 1780s
Movement to provide public education
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First Morrill Act gives western states land to sell if they use the profits to establish colleges
states to establish public colleges funded by the development or sale of associated federal land grants https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/morrill-act#:~:text=Passed%20on%20July%202%2C%201862,tribal%20lands%20of%20Native%20communities. -
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Growth of Schooling and Progressive Education
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal." https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/plessy-v-ferguson -
Cardinal Principles reform secondary school curriculum
secondary education objectives created by the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/cardprin.html -
Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
it is illegal to require all children to attend public
schools. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/268us510 -
Buck v. Bell
Bell upheld Virginia
statutes that forbade
“feebleminded” people
from marrying or becoming
parents https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/274us200 -
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Diversity and Modern Schooling
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Brown v. Board of Education
Landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act
all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities https://sites.ed.gov/idea/IDEA-History -
A Nation At Risk
Ronald Reagen stated that our education system was failing in 1983. Many factors went into this; mostly, he believed, because the education system wasn't competing nationally. There began a reform which was primarily high school ages students. Schools began to be judged based on academic proficiency (tests). After people started talking, we focused on character, content, and choice, which we still use in schools today. -
No Child Left Behind Act
Holding schools accountable for student outcomes. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/no-child-left-behind-an-overview/2015/04