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Movement to provide public education
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states to establish public colleges funded by the development or sale of associated federal land grants https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/morrill-act#:~:text=Passed%20on%20July%202%2C%201862,tribal%20lands%20of%20Native%20communities. -
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Racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal." https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/plessy-v-ferguson -
secondary education objectives created by the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/cardprin.html -
it is illegal to require all children to attend public
schools. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/268us510 -
Bell upheld Virginia
statutes that forbade
“feebleminded” people
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Landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
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all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities https://sites.ed.gov/idea/IDEA-History -
Ronald Reagen stated that our education system was failing in 1983. Many factors went into this; mostly, he believed, because the education system wasn't competing nationally. There began a reform which was primarily high school ages students. Schools began to be judged based on academic proficiency (tests). After people started talking, we focused on character, content, and choice, which we still use in schools today. -
Holding schools accountable for student outcomes. https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/no-child-left-behind-an-overview/2015/04