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Common Schools
This was an effort to use public dollars, through taxes, to gain schools in every community with funding. Although some people did not agree with this, or like it, it started the movement for systematic public schools in the US changing education for everyone. -
N.E.A Committee of Ten Established School Curriculum
This was made to establish a standard public school curriculum. Finally, they had set a standard for what should be taught and at what age. This helped to solve the disconnect between schools in that state. Students would now all be at the same level of education when leaving high school and entering college. -
First Mandatory Attendance by Law
1852 Massachusetts enacts the first mandatory attendance by law, by 1918, all states have them. This law required all cities to have a primary school to teach arithmetic and grammar. If parents didn't follow this law they could be fined. Education was important for every person to have and they wanted people to start to understand this. -
Civil Rights Act
The act was passed in 1875 to ban segregation in public places, including schools in an effort to make all students equal in receiving an education. Allowing all races to attend school is a big step at this point in time. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this law back in 1965. It provides federal funds to help out low-income students and to try and bring more equality to ALL young students. A quality education provided to all kids was the main goal and is still around today, known now as ESSA.
