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A school was set up by the Dedham Classis
A school was set up by the Dedham Classis that allowed for everyone to go to school and learn to read and used part of the church collection to pay for poor children’s education. This allowed all children to have a chance at an education and allowed even children who were poor to go to school. This was followed by even more expansion in education.
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Massachusetts set up a school that was free to all children
Dedham Massachusetts set up a school that was free to all children. This was important because it was making way for equality among all children. There was no concern as to poor or rich children.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/education-reform-movement -
Free public school for poor children in Penn.
Pennsylvania’s constitution required free public school to ensure that all poor children went to school. Education came to have political importance when it was established that with it came “thriving” democracy. This was in a way a win- win. It ensured that all children, got the education they deserved. Also was beneficial politically. It was took away the class system among children and created equality.
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NEA was formed by 43 teachers in Philadelphia
The purpose of the NEA was “to elevate the character and advance the interest of the teaching profession, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States” The NEA was not only a movement that helped teachers, but also a group of teachers whose mission was to help children. While the group strived for equality, it had its flaws. Women weren’t allowed to join until 1866, neither were men who taught in private schools.
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Title IX was created
Signed by Richard Nixon, it was made to prohibit any school related activity that receives financial at to discriminate against any sex. This was huge in regards to equality in education because it allowed women the freedom to participate and dissipated that divide between genders.
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/advocate/title-ix-issues/history-title-ix/history-title-ix/
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Academy connections was founded
It was founded to make online schooling available to children k-12. Not every child does well in a school setting and not every family believes that public schooling id the best route for their children. The academy allowed for equal opportunities for children. It is available for children across the world.
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The GPE was started
Associated with over “60 countries, donor governments, international organizations, teachers, and so on. They help with a wide range things for children across the world. Namely, they helped countries develop and implement education strategies, given aide financially, and helped with technology. Since 2002 they have helped 22 million children, built 52,600 classrooms and helped educate 300,000 children.
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One Laptop Per Child was founded
Founded with the goal of giving children in poor countries laptops. Made by a man named Nicholas Negroponte and were created to be user friendly for the children who were experiencing poverty. The computers used flash memory instead of a hard drive. OLPC is important because it gave children who experience poverty the same resources that children in the U.S. have which in turn gave more education opportunities.
http://edutechdebate.org/olpc-2014/the-one-laptop-per-child-model-never-was-valid/
