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When education first started the main subjects were reading, writing, and mathematics. 2076- https://study.com/learn/lesson/what-is-compulsory-education.html
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Massachusetts was the first colony to pass a law for education and the first public school was in Boston MA https://study.com/learn/lesson/history-education-america.html#:~:text=Education%20became%20an%20important%20focus,children%20to%20read%20and%20write. -
In 1779 Thomas Jefferson proposed that for three years public education would be tax funded and free for all children. https://www.monticello.org/the-art-of-citizenship/the-role-of-education/#:~:text=Thomas%20Jefferson%20believed%20only%20educated,partially%20achieved%20his%20larger%20goals. -
In 1787 the first school was opened for girls in Philadelphia.
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Horace Mann started this movement and was a strong advocate for education, It was to provide free education for all children, train and educate teachers, and state control over public schools. 1830-1872. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Education_and_Instructional_Assessment/History_of_Education/19th_Century#:~:text=The%20goals%20of%20the%20common,schools%20(Church%2C%201976). -
The NEA Committee of 10 is a group of educators that were taking stock of current practices and improving future standards -
Brown V. Board of Education is a law that establishes racial segregation in public schools that are unconstitutional.
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In 1965, schools established an educational opportunity for disabled children, low-income families, minority families, and children with limited English. -
ESSA states that every student must have an equal opportunity in education. https://ospi.k12.wa.us/policy-funding/grants-grant-management/every-student-succeeds-act-essa/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-esea -
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a law that held schools accountable for how students learned and achieved in school. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/10/every-student-succeeds-act-vs-no-child-left-behind-whats-changed/77088780/
https://www.understood.org/en/articles/no-child-left-behind-nclb-what-you-need-to-know