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The first college
Harvard was the first colinial college established. https://handbook.fas.harvard.edu/book/brief-history-harvard-college -
Old Deluder Satan Act
This Act was passed to require every town with over 50 families to hire a schoolmaster to teach the children to read and write. https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-law-of-1642-the-old-deluder-satan-act-us-public-education.html -
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
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The SAT
The Scholastic Apptitude Test (SAT) was first administered and was originally intended to assess how ready a student is for college. https://www.erikthered.com/tutor/sat-act-history.html -
Feminization of Teaching
The Suffrage movement became a way that women could become teachers without facing discrimination for having a job. -
Brown V Board of Education
This was a court case that ended up ruling that separate is not equal. This was a huge deal for schools because it was the first step in ending segregation of children in schools. https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title 1)
Made it possible for children to recieve free lunches of they were in need as well as broungt more attention to the needs of special education students. <img src="https://www.actx.edu/hr/images/filecabinet/folder1/title_9.jpg" alt="Image result for title 9"/> -
Title 9
Required that no student could be excluded from a school's program because of their gender. Shined more light on athletics from women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kNG78T9N5c -
No Child Left Behind Act
Was enacted with the purpose of holding teachers accountable for their students. The goal was to put pressure on teachers to be better and make sure all of the children were effectively learning the material. https://www.fairtest.org/what-no-child-left-behind-law -
Common Core
The standards for Common Core launched that became used in tons of schools.