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Education, then and now.

By 15heitzmana
  • First Indian school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

    First Indian school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

    Carlisle Indian Industrial school was a boarding school for indians, and the first of its kind in history.
  • Booker T. Washington becomes first principal.

    Booker T. Washington becomes first principal.

    Booker T. Washingtom becomes the first principal, of what later becomes Tuskegee University.

  • Plesy vs Fergison

    Passes laws approving segregation in schools
  • Association of American Universities

    Association of American Universities

    The Association of American Universities is an international organization of leading research universities devoted to keeping a strong system of education.
  • First public community college

    First public community college

    Columbia State Community College
  • AFT and AERA are founded.

    AFT and AERA are founded.

    American Federation of Teachers and American Educational Research Association are formed

  • Smith Hughes Act

    provides federal funding for vocational education
  • Funding transportation

    Funding transportation

    All states pass law to fund transportation (busses.)
  • Progressive Education Association

    Progressive Education Association

    This is founded with the purpose of reforming American Education
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial

  • First SAT

    First SAT

    Scholastic Aptitude Test
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

  • Brown vs Board of education

    segregated schools are not equal, and must be abolished.

  • Miliken vs Bradley

    Schools can not be desegrated across school districts, because it will segregate inner city blacks from rich whites

  • Prop. 187

    Passed in california making it illegal for children of undocumented immagrants to attend public school.