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Average school attendance is 82 days a year
Thomas Jefferson advocates for 3 years free schooling for all children -
Average school attendance 4 months a year
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Horace Mann appointed Secretary of the Board of Education
Lobbies across nation for common education for all. -
Bible Riots
People object to religious bias in schools - bias is pro-protestant and anti-catholic/jew, etc. -
Average attendance 7 months a year
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Katherine Beecher founds American Women's Research Association
Trains women teachers for the frontier and provides a respectable career for women -
Massacheussettes abolishes school segregation
Sara Roberts father sues for equality in education -
Civil War ends
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African American Literacy from 5% to 70%
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3 million immigrant children enter U.S. schools
Schools are overcrowded, unhealthy, cold, and rigid in discipline and instruction -
"Seperate but Equal" Law
Plessy vs Ferguson case allows for segregation if facilities for white and black are "equal" in quality -
50% of children in school for an average 5 years.
80% of children prefer to work than go to school anyways. Progressives lobby for more school attendance. -
6% of 17 year olds graduate H.S.
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Gary Plan instituted in IN
Experiment in Progressive Education based on philosophy of John Dewey -
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WWI
WWI ushers in era of patriotism, christianity, "english only" fervor in schools -
NY mayor John Mitchel implements Gary Teaching Model in 30 NY city school
Gary model teaches to student's multiple intelligences. Critics say that the model trains kids for factory work. -
L. Terman publishes Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (IQ test)
Use of Terman's test in school leads to career tracking for students and replaces "one size fits all" education of previous years -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Compulsory, free education for children till they are 16. No child labor. -
45% of 17 year old graduate H.S.
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McCarthy Era and Cold War inspire a return to classic academics
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60% students graduate H.S.
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less than 1% of medical and law degrees received by women
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average school attendance 9 years
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Chief Justice Warren rules that segregation in school is not constitutional. Facilities are not equal. -
Use of military to forceably desegregate southern schools
Arkansas Governor uses National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering white school. President Eisenhower uses U.S. troops to make enforce desegregation. -
National Defense Education Act
100 million $ to schools to stimulate science, math and other classic academic subjects so American students can compete with Russian students. -
98% of blacks still in black schools
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Civil Rights Act
President Johnson makes discrimination by race or ethnicity illegal for government funded programs -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
provides $4 billion for disadvantaged students -
nation-wide walkouts by hispanics from schools
75% of mexicans drop out of school by 8th grade -
Students in segregated cities are bussed to different districts to balance numbers
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91% African Americans in desegregated schools
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Title 9 passes
Makes discrimination based on gender illegal in federally funded programs -
Supreme Court supports Bi-lingual Education
Government gives 68 million for programs -
Disabled Children included in Schools
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average school attendance 12.5 years
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30% of medical or law degree received by women
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85% of students graduate H.S.
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Regan Declares crisis in education
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500 million spent on standard testing
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Choice allowed in NYC choose school
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Voucher legislation passes in WI
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Maryland school board kills school privitization
But schools take the money from the government and begin subcontracting for their own needs, leading to more efficient money management. -
Government gives 80 million to build new Charter schools
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Homeschool legal in all 50 states
