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Common School Movement
Horace Mann, “The Father of the Common School Movement,” drove public schooling to be free and open to all children.The movement pushed for the states to take control over public education and to hire trained professional teachers to educate the children. Without the desire for common schooling, education would not be the same as it is today and wouldn’t be available to all children. -
Brown V. Board of Education
In 1951, Oliver Brown filed a class-action suit again the Topeka, Kansas Board of Education for denying his daughter to enter an all-white elementary school. The Supreme Court decided that segregated public schools were unconstitutional which was one case that helped build the civil rights movement. Brown was a significant aspect to the civil rights movement and assisted in the effort to desegregate schools as they are today. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments
The Title IX of the Education Amendments was signed in 1972, which prohibited discrimination against sex for any federally funded educational program or activity. Title IX protects students and athletes K-12, as well as universities and colleges. It allows all genders to participate in school activities and be rewarded financially for so. -
Virtual Education
Online education became more relevant in the 1990's, and is now one of the most used tools in schools today. Virtual education allows teachers and students to connect over the internet any time or place. This type of learning lets students take classes that might be unavailable in-person at their school. Online learning has also allowed working students to attend school on their own time and earn the same opportunities as the on-campus students receive. -
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was the beginning of federal funding for public schools to assist lower income families and improve academics. Each school’s goal is to increase all student’s level of proficiency in reading, writing, math, and science – standardized testing. NCLB boosted disadvantaged student’s test scores and gave the states and schools more freedom on how the funds were used.
