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Early priority is focused education laying foundation for later American education.
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In the Early 1800's Horace Mann seeks to equalize state, within Mass, education.
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In 1852 Federal Law is passed requiring each town to provide primary education. This causes a lot of towns to implement schools that would not otherwise. This creates an entire nation with basic literacy and math skills. This causes a shift in the nation and how it views education and what is required jobs skills.
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In the 1860's lots of women move west to become teachers in the now mandatory education system.
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Riots break out in New York leading to reforming what is considered the role of the school, and where funding goes.
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A new plan that implements trade and vocational topics. While not embraced everywhere it changes what people view the role of education. This eventually lead to a wider variety in classes offered by schools nationwide.
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WWI starts Intellectual screening. This leads to standardized testing.
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The GI bill at the end of WWII is implemented. This causes a great increase in college education. Which brings a large focus and shift on public education. Overall this also has caused a shift in how people view education, jobs, and the purpose of schools.
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The federal government desegregates all schools. This forces last segregated schools to integrate establishing that education should be equal. This leads to impacts in both equality of education and economy.
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Everett Franklin starts the ACT comparable to the SAT. This also effects college entrance.
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Eisenhower sign the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This starts to create equal education despite economics. This law has evolved over time, and still is impacting education and funding today. This has lead to no child left behind and ESSA.
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This enforces equality in areas of education such as sports between the genders. We still see the effects of this today with sports and after school programs.
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America implemented law that desegregated school for students with disabilities. This is progressive compared with other countries that are now following suit. This made major impacts in the classroom and where school funding was going.
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The report A nation at Risk comes out. This report paints a negative light on America's education. This leads to a lot removing of optional course work and extra curricular activities. This causes major impacts in how the nation views education and roles education is expected to play.
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The first Charter School in the US is opened. This works in both positive and negative ways. Charter schools are entirely regulated on the state level, so there is a large span on the effectiveness of these schools.
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No Child Left Behind is implemented. This causes a lot of schools and educators to fail by the new standards. This is a law that impacts teachers staying and going into education.
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Carl Brigham implements the SAT. Starting a standardized test that eventually leads to effecting college entrance.
