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General court of Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that towns of 50 people must provide access to an elementary school. Towns of 100 must provide access to a Latin school.
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Thomas Jefferson proposes two-track system for education; one for laborers and one for the educated
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Pennsylvania State Constitution calls for free public education for the poor. Wealthy citizens are required to pay for their children's education
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New York Public School Society formed. Education follows a model whereby one Master teacher teaches rote lessons to the older students who, in turn, teach the same lessons to the younger students
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First public high school opens in Boston
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1820-1860 - The Industrial revolution fuels the need for a docile & obedient workforce. Companies look to public education to fill their needs
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Plessy v. Ferguson allows for racial segregation in Louisiana public schools
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US Supreme Court requires CA to provide public education to the children of Chinese immigrants
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Smith-Hughs Act implements federal funding for vocational education
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1930 - 1950 - NAACP files suit over unequal teacher pay in the Southern states. Southern states realize they are losing African-American labor to Nothern cities
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Brown v. the Board of Education states that segregated schools are inherently unequal
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A federal court orders integration of Little Rock, Arkansas public schools. Governor Orval Faubus sends his National Guard to physically prevent nine African American students from enrolling at all-white Central High School
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Milliken v. Bradley. A Supreme Court made up of Richard Nixon's appointees rules that schools may not be desegregated across school districts
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Proposition 187 makes it illegal in CA for illegal immigrants to attend public schools. Federal courts find it unconstitutional
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Prop 209 passes making affirmative action illegal in CA
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NCLB signed into law
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Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. US Supreme Court rules that race cannot be a determining factor in assigning students to high school
Vote was 5-4
