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Boston Latin School
It was created to teach young men in classics from all social backgrounds.Known as the Boston Latin School, this boys-only public high school was run by a Puritan settler, Philemon Pormont, a schoolmaster. This school benefitted the incredibly wealthily, it was a massive stepping stone towards what we now know as schools becoming more common place.For along while however schools remained for the rich / incredibly gifted. -
Common School
In the 1830s in New England, the common school movement got underway as reformers, mostly from the Whig partyA increased government interest in the education of all kids began to shift the need for quality schooling.The group that benefitted the most was easily the middle class areas this provided there children with the opportunity to work more skills jobs. While African American and women where still a secondary thought at this time it did provide something of a blueprint for the future. -
Free Schooling
Many public schools charged money to students' parents before voters agreed to collect more taxes from both the state and local revenue. Because of this massive change most Americans achieved a free school system funded by property taxes. Every class of American saw a postive impact due to this choice , families that were poor could send there children to school and although the schools were not the best they were an improvement over the education the children received prior to this. -
Plessy v.Ferguson
A decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal". In reaction to this outcome it became customary to have restrictive Jim Crow laws and separate public housing based solely on race. African Americans were forced to endure a even lower quality of life. .The effectiveness of education afforded to African American students were deplorable further crippling there advancement. -
Smith-Hughes Act
In order to encourage pre-collegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trade and in home economics, federal assistance was given to the States. Labor unions were in strong support of this because they believed it would help solve the shortage of skilled worker .This act had a greater negative affect because it created a greater feeling of classism and was often very racial exclusive. -
Brown v. the Board of Education, Topeka
The Supreme Court justices unanimously held that racial segregation of children was unlawful in public schools. In theory this went along way but in practice very little changed due to the actions by the Supreme court states were allowed to desegregate schools at a much slower than planned pace.This was a key step in advancing for civil rights in every aspect of life for African Americans.The group directly affected were the children who were immediately afforded a better education. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
To protest the war, students wanted to wear black armbands to school, but the principal found out and threatened the students that if they wore the armbands, they would be suspended.The Supreme court ruled that your rights should not be limited simply because you are at school. This has impacted everyone positively and while some limitations have been placed on this as we move into the future it is largely in tact. Some more conservative institutions may have had there control limited. -
Title IX
Title IX Law ensures that 'except as provided elsewhere in this Section, no person shall be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination on the basis of sex under any academic circumstance, except where otherwise provided for in this Part." Women were often a secondary thought when it came to civil rights, this was a step towards eliminating some of the bias only the daily biases.Young girls who previously discouraged from school saw real change. -
Education of all Handicapped Children Act
The act mandated all federally funded public schools to provide equal opportunities for physically and mentally disabled children. Public schools were expected to assess children with disabilities and to establish a parent education plan.Children who struggled with a disability were no longer left behind and abandoned by our education system .Id say that the children with disablities along with there parents are the people who were most affected by this. -
Pyler v. Doe
Saying that regardless of their immigration status, states should not legally refuse students a free public education."we deny them the ability to live within the structure of our civic institutions..."This limited the potential of states to ejected illegal immigrants out of schools , while some states have tried to find a way around this none have succeed. Students to happen to be illegal immigrants where greatly impacted as there education was not threatened each and everyday. -
Grutter v. Bollinger
Barbara Grutter asserted that her right to Equal Protection Act were violated when the effort by the University of Michigan Law School to achieve a diverse student body resulted in the rejection of the request for her admission. The Supreme Court disagreed and held that, in an attempt to foster diversity , a institutions had valid reasoning.The minority students who gained interest into the Law School are the main benefactor, Grutter and white Americans have the potential to be shorted
