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First public school as well as the oldest existing school in US
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Common schools were funded by local property taxes, charged no tuition, were open to all white children.
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Supreme Court ruled it to be constitutional for separate facilities for blacks and whites as long as they were "equal" https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/south-after-civil-war/v/plessy-v-ferguson
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equality between men and women and allowed women to become teachers
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Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-government-and-politics/civil-liberties-and-civil-rights/government-responses-to-social-movements/v/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka-us-government-and-politics-khan-academy
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first ACT test is administered by Everett Franklin Lindquist
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ESEA gave free lunches to those in need and gave more attention to special needs. https://sites.ed.gov/oese/category/teachers/
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no person can be excluded from school because of their sex
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first ever online school
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test standers the student must reach or school district may get federal assistance money
