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The New York State school opens, but does not recieve its first pupils until 1883.
The school was torn down in the 1970's -
This law required Mandatory attendence for all children ages 8- 14 for at least 3 months for every year
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Congress made a law that prohibited NAtive Americans from being taught in theier native language
Young Native AMerican children were taken from their parents and sent to Bureau of Indian Affairs off-reservation boarding schools, whose goal, as one BIA official put it, is to "kill the Indian to save the man." -
The freedmans Bureau was set up by Abraham Lincoln
THis bill was the first set up of Public Education for all races in AMerica -
the American Federation of Teachers (ATF) is founded
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THe scholastic Apptitude test (SAT) was created
It was first administered to potential college students.
THis test was the first standardized test that tested student qualifications for college enterance -
During the Depression, education suffered greatle, leading to schools closing, teachers being layed off and lower salaries
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The G.I Bill of the Servicemens REadjustment Act. said that people who were serving in the military could come back home after thier service was over and attend colleges and universities. This ace doubled the college population
Also it Supplied tuition, books, supplies and equiptment to these servicemen -
Although the freedmans bureau started the education for all races, the education for African Americans was not near as good as that fo whites.
THe Brown Vs. Board of education decision stated that Public schools must educate BLacks and Whites the same, unsegregated. -
Signed by Lindon Johnson, the elementary and secondary education act (ESEA) provided guidance and federal funds that targeted the poor children in the public schools
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TItle IX of the educational ammendments of 1972 prohibits the descrimination by race in any aspect of education and/ or sports
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The U.S. Department of Education is created by combining the offices of several federal agencies
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this act made it so that all children had a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education
also it made it so that students must score proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments.
