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Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School, was the first public school in America. It offered free education to rich and poor boys. Girl were only allowed some education at home. -
'Kill the Indian ... Save the Man'
Native Americans were forced to go to boarding schools in America. With the goal that they would end the Native American culture. -
Plessy v. Fergunson
A case that the Supreme Court ordered "equal but separate" segregated accommodations. But in fact was not equal. -
Compulsory School
Compulsory School was now being required for all american kids to at least attend elementary school. Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school in 1852 and then followed New York in 1918. -
National School Lunch
The Richard B. Russel National School Lunch Act, was passed in 1946 was a United States federal law that created (NSLP) which is the National School Lunch Program. This program provided free or low cost school lunch meals for those who qualified. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a court case about school desegregation, which in 1954 after the case, the court ruled segregation in public school was prohibited. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine were a group of black students that were put in a formally white school in Little Rock, Arkansas in September 1957.
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Title IX of Education Amendment
Title IX of Education Amendment is to prohibit discrimination based sex for federal funding or anytype of help. It was signed by President Nixon for it to become a law -
A Nation at Risk
A Nation at Risk, was a wake up call for the United States they released a landmark report about the Nation's public education system. It described how America's educational system was failing to educate students well. -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
NCLB, is a federal law that provided more federal funding for extra educational assistance for poor children and help them improve their academic progress.
