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In the 1700's most schools were church based. After the revolutionary war was over our constitution would separate the two. There by creating the base for public educational system we have today.
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The Committee of ten were a group that decided what curriculum should be taught to high school students. To prepare them for attending universities.
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Stanley Hall studied the child's psychology. By doing this he was able to help shift the focus of education from a teacher-focused education to a student-focused education. This lead to a change in curriculum and how the lessons were taught.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt saw a problem with our youth during the 1930's and as a way to fix the problem was to create more jobs. By creating more jobs me brought more money into the educational field. There was more money then to hire teachers, buy school supplies, and they were able to build bigger school.
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The ruling of the Brown vs the board of education stated that that all children deserve the right to an equal education. The law said there should be no more segregation. This would allow students to attend mix instead of segregated ones and get an equal education.
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