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Boston Latin School
This was the first public school to be established in the United States. This school was a boys-only public secondary school. This school also was strictly for college preparation. -
Webster Dictionary
Webster created the first American Spelling book. Noah Webster through his spelling book taught millions of American Children to read for the first half century and millions more spell for the other half century. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This came to be known as "Separate but Equal". The ruling of this case upheld a state law in Louisiana that allowed for equal but separate accommodations for African Americans and Whites. Basically the African Americans were segregated from the whites, but still were allowed to go to school. -
Servicemen's Readjustment Act
This act is also known as the G.I. Bill. This act provides WWII Veterans with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. It put higher education within reach of millions of veterans in WWII. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that separating children in a public school based off of race was unconstitutional. This signaled the end of of legalized racial segregation in the schools. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
This act is the nation's national education law and shows a longstanding commitment to equal opportunities for all students. -
Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA)
This act also known as, IDEA, is the federal law that supports special education and related service programming for children and youth with a disability. This also ensures that students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This law prohibits prohibits discrimination against people with a disability in areas such as jobs, transportation, public and private places, and the one we're talking about which is school. The purpose of the law is to make sure people with disabilities have the same rights as people without disabilities. -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
It is the name for the most recent update to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. This act increase the federal role in holding schools responsible for the academic progress of all students. -
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The purpose of this act was to replace and update the No Child Left Behind Act. The purpose of the act is to provide all children and equal opportunity to succeed.