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Boys only school in Boston, MA. Prepared them for college, such as Harvard. Provided an education in Latin and Greek. It's still in operation today.
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Although girls were allowed to go to the common school it was very segregated. Girls and boys would be in separate parts, walk through different doors, and be taught by the same sex teachers.
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Massachusetts was the first to mandate school education for ages 8-14. This was to make sure poor children would learn to be obedient, to become productive workers, and not cause civil unrest.
https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/11841
1964, Congress made Native American language illegal to be taught, removed kids from their homes and placed them in off reservation boarding schools.
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The Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional for segregation in schools and overruled the "separate but equal" principle that was set forth from the Plessy v. Ferguson case.
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In response to Sputnik, the United States increased federal investments into education, mainly STEM to compete with the Soviet Union.
https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/history-standardized-testing-united-states -
Congress passed the Bilingual Education Act to provide federal funding for education programs for kids who had limited English proficiency.
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/congress-enacts-bilingual-education-act -
Students who wore black bands on their arms to silently protest the Vietnam War got suspended and sued the school district for violating the rights to free speech. This says that neither teachers nor students lose their right to free speech in school.
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/educational-activities/first-amendment-activities/tinker-v-des-moines/facts-and-case-summary-tinker-v-des-moines -
Says that no one in the United States, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participating or denied the benefits of any type of education.
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This act reshaped curriculum, teacher evaluations, and school funding debates. It increased the rise of standardized testing by mandating annual high stakes testing in reading and math for all students.
https://www.nea.org/professional-excellence/student-engagement/tools-tips/history-standardized-testing-united-states -
Schools forced online learning rapidly on students, which then sparked ongoing debates about how future students would be impacted in school structures, testing, and teacher roles.
https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/economic_brief/2023/eb_23-29