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Boston Latin School
Founded on April 23, 1635, by town of Boston is the oldest school in America. The curriculum of the school is centered on the humanities, its founders sharing with the ancient Greeks the belief that the only good things are the goods of the soul. -
The Massachusetts Bay School Law
This law is frequently considered one of the first historical moves supporting government-directed public education in the United States of America. It demanded that children and learners, under the authority of parents or masters, were to be taught reading, the public laws, the catechism, and some honest lawful calling, labour or employment. It lay out the basic of and need for public education. -
Common school movement
Horace Mann started this movement and argued with other reformers that schools were vital to introducing open Christian moral values and educating every citizen to participate in democracy. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The pronouncement in this Supreme Court instance validates Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." The elemental case started in 1892 when Homer Plessy, a mixed-race man, intentionally boarded a whites-only train car in New Orleans. By entering the whites-only vehicle, Plessy breaks Louisiana's Separate Car Act of 1890, which involved an "equal, but separate" coerced bargain for white and non-white passengers. -
The measurement movement
Alfred Binet started this movement with the help of Theodore Simon; initially, this movement was created to find out if a human had retardation. Subsequently, it changed to calculate the intelligence of each person's brain. -
Brown v. the Board of education, Topeka
In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court established that separating children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional. It pointed out the end of legalized racial segregation in the school of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 19896 Plessy v. Ferguson case -
Head Start Program
President Lyndon B. Johnson declared War on Poverty in his State of the Union address. The government was impacted by a new investigation into the consequences of poverty and its effect on education. The investigation pointed out the commitment to help in-need groups, compensating for differenced in social or economic environment. The Head Start program started as an eight-week display program designed to help break the cycle of poverty. -
Tittle IX
This is the most frequent name for the federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972.
The federal law ensures that male and female students and employees in educational settings are equally and fairly treated. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This act has the needs of all public schools receiving federal funds to supply equal access to education and a free meal daily for children with physical and mental disabilities.
The goal of this landmark is to make it possible for individuals with disabilities to take part into everyday commercial, economic, and social activities of American life. -
Plyler v. Doe
This landmark holds that states cannot constitutionally refuse students a free public education based on their immigration status. Plyler v. Doe guarantees access to primary education for children living in the United States without legal immigration documentation and conduct more productive lives. -
No Child Left Behind
This law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved. It added structure to educational programs nationwide. It had teachers and administrators responsible for students' performance.