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First Public School Opened
The first public school that opened was in Boston, Massachusetts and was male only.
This school was known as the Boston Latin School
A fun fact about this school is that it is still being used today although it has changed locations and in 1972 became a coeducation school. -
The New England Primer
This was the first textbook that was published for schools. A lot of the information dealt with teaching them about their culture and religion. Although the bigger thing they wanted students to get from it was literacy skills. This became very popular and many adaptions were made to this by different cultures in the following years after this was published. One of the things they taught were the letters of the alphabet.
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First Female Academy
The first female academy was started in 1787 in Philadelphia. Before this was started many females were taught the basics of what they need to know how to do like sewing and cleaning. After this was started women were able to do more of the educational classes like reading, writing, and math.
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Coeducational Schools
Up until 1835 all schools were male only, not allowing any females in. The coeducations schools didn't start growing really until the 1960's though because many people didn't like the idea of it. Oberlin College was the first college to be coed "Better dead than Coed" was written on a banner outside of Dartmouth a male only college, which shows that many males didn't want the females to join their schools -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This court ruling came to make "separate but equal" okay. They decided that as long as everything was equal for both the blacks and the whites that it wouldn't be a big deal. This didn't go over well and soon after they tried to change things.
https://youtu.be/09nYZDPTTwU
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First Technology Used
The first used technology were educational films, that allowed students to see different films and medias to learn more about what is being taught in class. There were many others that came after this: Radios in 1920's, projectors in 1930's, television in the 1950's and 1960's. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Replaced the "separate but equal" law that was created because they realized that it wasn't equal for everyone. In the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling they got rid of segregation in schools to make it more equal for everyone. -
Title 9
This law was passed to get rid of sex-discrimination in schools. Doing this helped females to have more opportunities then they had before it was passed. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=title+9&&view=detail&mid=B87B2669C53DE12B3607B87B2669C53DE12B3607&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dtitle%2B9%26FORM%3DHDRSC4 -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Allowed free public education to those with disabilities and helped to provide these students with classrooms for special education -
No Child Left Behind
Passed to allow every student equal opportunities at different things not depending on their lives. They wanted to try to get away from discriminating against students in poverty or different races.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/1
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=No+Child+Left+Behind+Act+Explained&&view=detail&mid=6F7CA3E57A464430090F6F7CA3E57A464430090F&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DNo%2BChild%2BLeft%2BBehind%2BAct%2BExplained%26FORM%3DVDMHRS
