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Public Schools
Public Schooling was established. -
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Evolution of public school systems
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New Educational Ideas
Benjamin Franklin brings educational ideas from European Enlightenment to the US. -
Two-track system
Thomas Jefferson proposes a two-track educational system. -
Young Ladies Academy
First academy for girls opens in Philadelphia -
Reserved Powers
Education becomes a function of the state rather than the federal government. -
School became mandatory
The first compulsory school attendance law was passed in Massachusetts in 1852, in Massachusets. -
Brown v Board of Education
Supreme court ruled "separate-but-equal" unconstitutional in the school system. -
Desegregation
Supreme court ruled that all school districts must end segregation in public schools -
Mainstreaming in public schools
Handicapped students are involved in normal classrooms. -
NCLB Act
No Child Left Behind Act passed.