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First Indian Boarding School Opens
The goal of the school is to assimilate Indian children to modern society. The 26 schools that followed were controversial, as some saw them as leaving the Idians alienated. -
Booker T Washington becomes head of Tuskeegee School
The school is designed for the education of black youth, aiming to give them skills that would allow them to become productive members of the white oppressive society. -
Alvarez v. the Board of Trustees of the Lemon Grove (California) School District
The first sucessful desegregation case for schools. The ruling prohibits the district from putting Mexican-American students into a separate "Americanization" school. -
Mendez v. Westminster
The court case rules that it is unconstitutional to educate white students in different facilites than Mexican students. -
Brown v. Board of Education verdict
Supreme Court rules that educating in segregated schools is unconstitutional. -
The Little Rock 9 Enroll at Central High School
The first black students after Brown v. Board of Education officially enroll in Central High School with enforcement by Federal troops. -
Samuel Kirk uses the Term "LEarnign Disabilities"
This leads to the creation of an organization that is now known as the Learning Disabilities Association of America and helps to ensure that children with learning disabilities get the proper attention. -
Project Head Start Begins.
Head StartThe program, aimed at getting lower income children a leg up on their education,is still in effect today. -
National Association of Bilingual Education is formed
The Association looks to ensure that students who do not natively speak English are ensured an equal chance to learn the language and succeed -
Proposition 187 is passed
The law denies public education to undocumented immigrants. The laww is challenged and is eventually oversturned, allowing undocumented immigrants to again receive education.
