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Boston Latin School
First public school as well as the oldest existing school in US -
Common Schools
Common schools were funded by local property taxes, charged no tuition, were open to all white children. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
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 -
Feminization of Teaching
equality between men and women and allowed women to become teachers -
BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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 -
ACT
first ACT test is administered by Everett Franklin Lindquist -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESEA gave free lunches to those in need and gave more attention to special needs. https://sites.ed.gov/oese/category/teachers/ -
Title 9
no person can be excluded from school because of their sex -
online school
first ever online school -
No child left behind
test standers the student must reach or school district may get federal assistance money
