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Founded to promote higher standards and put US universities on an equal footing with their European counterparts.
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The U.S. Supreme Court requires California to extend public education to the children of Chinese immigrants.
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Indianola Junior High School opens in the fall.
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Almost 75% of America's Teachers were women. They were badly paid and had no authority over what they did in their classroom.
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John Dewey published his book "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education" advancing the ideas of the progressive education movement.
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This act provided federal funding for agricultural and vocational education.
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The Scholastic Aptitude Test is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.
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becomes the first successful school desegregation court case in the United States, as the local court forbids the school district from placing Mexican-American children in a separate "Americanization" school.
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Frank W. Cyr, a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College, organizes a national conference on student transportation. It results in the adoption of standards for the nation's school buses, including the shade of yellow.
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Congress recognizes the "need for a permanent legislative basis for a school lunch program.
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Supreme Court rules that schools cannot allow "released time" during the school day which allows students to participate in religious education in their public school classrooms.
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U.S. Supreme Court announces its decision in the case of Brown v. Board. of Education of Topeka, ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," thus overturning its previous ruling in the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson.
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The Act (test) is first administered.
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The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is introduced for selection and classification of recruits. By 1976, the ASVAB is used by all services. A practice test is available online.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in a 5-4 decision that Texas law denying access to public education for undocumented school-age children violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The ruling also found that school districts cannot charge tuition fees for the education of these children.
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U.S. Supreme court rules that books cannot be removed from a school library because school administrators deemed their content to be offensive.
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White boards are being used more and are replacing blackboards.
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Georgia becomes the first state to offer universal preschool to all four year olds whose parents choose to enroll them. More than half of the state's four year olds are now enrolled.
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This reauthorizes and modifies IDEA. Changes, which take effect on July 1, 2005, include modifications in the IEP process and procedural safeguards, increased authority for school personnel in special education placement decisions, and alignment of IDEA with the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Students from across the nation protest gun violence on April 20th (National Walkout Day), which marks the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting tragedy.
