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Emma Willard
A women's rights activist who opened the first school for women of higher education. -
Louis Braille
Inventor of a reading and writing system for use by people who are visually impaired. -
Charles Babbage
Inventors and mechanical engineers originated the concept of the digital programmable computer. -
William McGuffey
Published the first elementary school-level textbooks that were used around the world. -
Homestead Act
President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act, a program designed to grant public land to small farmers at low cost. This wave of immigration forced changes in the nation's schools. -
Civil Rights Movement
This movement was the beginning of the many protests to end segregation in schools. Brown v. Board followed soon after. -
Civil Rights Movement
The Greensboro sit-in was the main protest to end segregation. -
The elementary and Secondary education act
This act emphasized the right to equal education opportunities. -
The Bilingual Education Act
Provided federal grants to school districts for the purpose of establishing educational programs for children with limited English-speaking ability. -
Jamie Escalante
American educator is known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.