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Organized education
An organized education system started to exist -
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Education
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First Textbooks
Rev. William Holmes McGuffey wrote the first textbook and it had 55 lessons in it. -
First Morrill Act
Donated Public Lands to States to provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. -
Mission Ridge One-Room Schoolhouse
One-Room School House at The West Virginia State Farm Museum After West Virginia became a state, the legislature passed a bill making it mandatory for counties to operate free schools. -
Taxes
Taxes were used to support public high schools. -
Second Morrill Act
An act to apply a portion of the proceeds go to public lands. -
Junior High School
Junior Hight Schools were developed in California to better prepare kids for high school. -
Kindergartens
Kindergartens were in most public school programs. -
Southern States
Southern States made of 34% of the United States' population but received only 3% of the educational funding. -
Reform American Education
The Progressive Education Association is founded with the goal of reforming American education. -
Automobile
The invention and expansion of automobiles allowed schools expand into bigger districst. -
Private Education
The Supreme Court ruled, in Pierce v. Society of Sisters, that states could not force children to attend public schools, and that children could attend private schools instead. -
Middle Schools
Grades 6-8 were designed to meet the needs of preadolescents -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This Supreme Court case declares that segregation violated the 14th Amendment saying that seperate is not equal. -
Bussing
The case of Swann V. Charlotte decided that changing the lines of a school district in order to bus students to integrated school is allowed under the Constitution. -
Lau vs. Nichols
Schools must not discriminate against individuals who do not speak English. Non-speaking immigrants in public schools have the rights of: equal education opportunity, Sufficient Special Instructions, and respect for teachers. -
Handicapped Education
Congress passed PL 94-142 requiring a free appropriate education for all handicapped children. -
Low Academic Achievement
A federal report published in indicated very low academic achievement in public schools. -
Columbine High School Masacre
Two Columbine High School students go on a killing spree that leaves 15 dead and 23 wounded at the Littleton, Colorado school, making it the nations' deadliest school shooting incident. Schools tighten safety procedures as a result of the Columbine massacre. -
Healthy Food
Michelle Obama forces healthy food into schools. As a result many children and teens start packing their lunches.
