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Beginning
The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that every town of fifty families should have an elementary school. The goal was to ensure that children learned to read the Bible. -
Free Education
Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling. I believe that every children should have the right to free public education no matter what their economical status is. -
Land Grants for College
When Congress decided to follow the lead of states like Michigan and Pennsylvania and create “land grant colleges” for other states. These first secondary state institutions were focused on training students in the increasingly technical agricultural and engineering sciences. It is great that they chose to go with grants because even now it is such a great thing for education. -
Plessy VS Ferguson
It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. Case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. It became an assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority -
Students
By 1920, 30% of all Americans between the ages of 14 and 17 had attended some form of high school. This meant that the education rate was gradually increasing. The more education meant more involvement overall in the education system. -
Brown Vs the board of Education, Topeka
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.The Court’s unanimous decision overturned provisions of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had allowed for “separate but equal” public facilities, including public schools in the United States. -
Tinker Vs. Des Moines
Students planned to wear black armbands to school to protest the fighting but the principal found out and told the students they would be suspended. Despite the warning, students wore the armbands and were suspended. During their suspension the students' parents sued the school.The high court agreed that students' free rights should be protected and said, "Students don't shed their constitutional rights at the school house gates." Students definetely should state their point of stand. -
Title IX
President Nixon signed the bill. A Federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities ."No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." A great victory for woman because it gave them equality within the education system. -
Education of all Handicapped Children Act
This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities.EHA was revised and renamed as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990 for improvement of special education and inclusive education. This was great because it allows special education students to be treated equally and have a right to an education. -
Pyler Vs Doe
landmark decision states no one constitutionally can deny students a free public education on account of their immigration status. Due to the immagration status being question rates of absenteeism where high for Latino schools.The Court found that the school district had no rational basis to deny children a public education based on their immigration status. Overall it was a great decision because it gave peace to many illegal students. -
New Jersey v. T.L.O.
School officials searched a students purse suspecting she had cigarettes. The officials discovered cigarettes, a small amount of marijuana, and a list containing the names of students who owed T.L.O. money. T.L.O. was charged with possession of marijuana. The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed, holding that the exclusionary rule of the Fourth Amendment applies to searches and seizures conducted by school officials in public schools. I do not agree because it takes authority away. -
Board of Education of Independent School District #92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
A United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of mandatory drug testing by public schools of students participating in extracurricular activities. The District Court granted the School District summary judgment. In reversing, the Court of Appeals held that the policy violated the Fourth Amendment. I disagree but also agree that students do and should have rights.