Elementary Education

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    Jefferson's rule

    Jefferson's dream to state schools took lead. They were anit irish and anti catholic. Many native americans went to differnt schools and could not speak their own language.
  • Gary School

    Gary schools open at night and the weekends to help families. John Highland attacked gary plan in mayor rave. Riots broke out and they ended canceling the Gary plan and moving to a traditional plan.
  • 2 million children were working across america

    William A. wert keep students in motion
  • 1000's attended school part tme due to the lack of space

    John Dewey - who was the father of progressive education lobbied for the ban of child labor time for school
  • Prepare kids against disease an nuvlear attack

    3 out of 5 students graduated and 50% of them went to college. Chief Justice Earl Warren said it is doubtful that any child will exceed in life if he is denied the opportunity of education. The average schooling for mexican is 5.4 years. 18 public schools for white and 4 for arican americans .91% of black kids went to integrated schools.
  • Racism

    over 30,000 black teachers in the south were displaced. Parents were upset because they did not want their white kids to sit next to colored kids
  • Tapica, Kansas

    equatlity started and the issue was race. The opportunity is the right to be availible to all on equal terms. High school diploma wasn't a luxury but a necessity.
  • NAACP

    they would enroll children into white children but they were turned away
  • Government

    The government published new teaching ideas and materials in 70 languages
  • Schooling placement

    Parents could place their child in schools of their choice.