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Plessy V Ferguson
This was a landmark decision of the U.S Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities. Segregation was legalized as long as the separate facilities are equal in standards. The institutions for blacks, schools for example, were much more inferior than those for whites. I chose this event because it is a very important date for US history, let alone the history of education. -
Free Public Schools
All the states in America have laws requiring children to attend, at the very least, elementary school. I chose this event because it was the beginning of required education. Required education is what gave education standards that push forward. -
School Lunch
National School Lunch Act expanded student
access to school lunch by having low-cost and free lunch options available. I chose this event because it was right after the Great Depression when it was difficult for families to keep food on the table. This act created incentive for parents to send their children to school. -
Brown V Board of Education
A landmark United States Supreme Court case where it was declared that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional. I chose this event because it meant the end of legal segregation in the US. Ending segregation moved black students to much better learning environments and created equal opportunity. -
No Child Left Behind
Signed into law by President George
W. Bush, this act increased federal funding for
education and ushers in standards based reform. Some say that this has made testing the center of education while forgetting critical thinking skills and how important they are. I chose this event because it is still a topic of today, why standardized testing is the center of education.