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The Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647 was one of the first major steps on starting up public education in America. The act was passed by The General court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was stated that every town of fifty families should have an elementary school and that every town of 100 families should have a Latin school. After this more states started to go over things about schools and education.
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This Idea was brought by Thomas Jefferson in 1779. The basic idea of it was there will be two different type of education class. Those two would be for those who are more for labor and the other for those already in education. The only way for the labor to keep going would be through scholarships of smarter labor workers.
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Pennsylvania made a huge mark with this act. They demanded that public education should be free for poor children. Education would only be free for the poor while rich people would have to still pay for their child's education. This act fully got passed in 1804 but was introduced in 1790 and was fought for during that time for awhile.
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The first public high school was open in Boston, US in 1821. The school was made to prepare men going into Harvard. 101 males attended the school for the first time. During this time school was mostly meant for men.
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During this time slaves were already treated so poorly but even education at this time was terrible for them. At this time Southern states were still very high in slavery and had laws in place to not teach any type of reading to slaves. This law made it very hard for them to even learn basic reading skills and only few slaves knew how to read.
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The state of Massachusetts passes its first compulsory education law. It made children between the ages of 8 and 14 attend school. They did this because they wanted lower income kids to be more civilized. This is important because later on in 1918 most states had passed similar legislation.
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This case was about racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine. The case came up in 1892 when an African American train passenger named Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for black people. Plessy took his case to Supreme Court that ended with saying the doctrine of separate but equal is a constitutional justification for segregation. This case is important because it came into play later with other cases about segregation in schools.
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After World War II , the G.I Bill Of Rights was passed. This gave veterans scholarships. This was huge due it being the first time ever for this happen. This bill now helps a lot of veterans pay for school.
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This case started when Oliver Brown had a black daughter named Linda and did not want to enroll her into a school that was very far away but was being forced too since it was meant for black kids. There was school much closer but it was for white kids only. He took this cases to Supreme Court. The court ended up agreeing that the separate but equal rule didn't fit with schools and realized that it was not equal. This was a huge step for racial inequality and a big thing for education settings.
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Title IX is a federal civil rights law that was passed apart of the Education Amendments of 1972. It was created to make sure there is no sex-based discrimination in schools or any education program that receives federal money. This was a great thing for female students since male students were always at upper hand.
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This all started in 1975 when Texas Legislature authorized local school districts to deny enrollment in public schools to foreign-born children who were not legally admitted to the United States. Two years later a group of kids from Mexico couldn't prove they were legally admitted so they brought a lawsuit. In 1982 the case ended with "the Constitution guarantees all children, regardless of immigration status, equal access to a basic public education".
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This act was passed by Congress in 1975. The act states that It is required 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. This is such an important act since it opened a lot more opportunity for kids with disabilities. This was a positive impact for them.
