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The Boston Latin School is the first public school to be opened in the United States. It is the oldest public school in the nation, created in 1635. -
The first University to be established in the United States. Harvard served as a blueprint for the other universities to come after. -
Salem College opens and becomes the first liberal college for women
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The Department of Education made it so that public schools were educating the students correctly.
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The ruling of Plessy v Ferguson made it so that schools were able to make students of color stay separate as long as they were equal.
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Brown vs Board of Education is one of the most prolific supreme court case which made "separate but equal" was unconstitutional. It proved that even though it said it was equal it actually couldn't be further from the truth. -
The ACT was created in 1959 to compete with the SAT standardized test. And now it has grown to be a large part of the education system. -
IDEA also known as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act made it so that students with disabilities are treated equally and special accommodations were made to make sure they were able to learn.
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A Movement Grows City Academy was the first charter school in America. This then turned into a trend and more charter schools followed in it's footsteps. -
Google was created in 1998 and it has made education for all students quite a bit easier. We now have endless information at our fingertips.