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Founding of Jamestown Colony
The first successful English Settlement in America was founded. -
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Events in the History of Education
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Harvard College
The United States oldest learning institution. -
New England Primer
Promoted literacy and Public education. -
Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia
First institution for women's higher education in the United States. -
Troy Female Seminary
An institution that provided females with the same level of education as a male. Gave females an equal educational opportunity. -
New England Asylum for the Blind
First school for blind children. It created an equal opportunity for them to be able to have an education just like a normal functioning student. -
Massachusetts Compulsory Attendance Act
Law passed to regulate child labor to ensure that children were not being overworked. -
Elizabeth Peabody's Boston Kindergarten
Opened the first English language kindergarten institiution -
Tuskegee Institute was Founded (Presently Tuskegee University)
The first higher level institiute for education was founded for African Americans -
Brown v. Board of Education
Fought for equal rights for all races in public schools. The point was to end segregation in schools between races, all races should be viewed as equal. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESAE)
Pushed equality on education for all socioeconomic levels. Wanted lower income students to be treated just like higher income students- everyone is entitled to the same level of education. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Fought for all genders to have equal opportunities and rights to education. -
Education of all Handicapped Children Act (PL-94-142)
Disabled children now have rights to an equal education/ a better curriculum for them. -
No Child Left Behind
Improvements to disadvantaged student's education. -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Support programs for low income families in schools to help out financially with things such as supplies, meals, transportation, etc.