Historical Top 10 - Emily Cupp, Tancheng Cao, Garret Day, and Kate Blackburn
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This movement began once Horace Mann became Massachusetts Secretary of Education. Horace Mann wanted to create a tuition free- public school. The free-public education would be a good way to get the new swarms of immigrants to assimilate into the American culture, and a way to provide education to more americans. These two reasons made America an “real” democratic society(Simpson).
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This court case deemed that segregated schools were unconstitutional. In Topeka, Kansas the Brown and other families that were denied from going to the white schools sued the board of education stating “the segregated school system deprived Linda Brown of the equal protection of the laws required under the 14th Amendment” (StreetLaw, Inc). Those opposed outwardly showed their pro-segregation beliefs. This court case bleeds into the Little Rock Nine.
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This act was done to make school more accessible for people. It helped strengthen the American school system through increased funding. It helped a lot with higher education like college. It made student loans more accessible which meant more people were able to get a college education.
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Nine black students were enrolled at Central High School, all-white school. On their first day, Governor Orval Faubus had the Arkansas National Guard block the black students from entering the building. Later in the same month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had federal troops escort the nine black students into the school. They were enrolled in the school to test Brown vs. Board of Education. This brought notice of the civil rights movement throughout schools and education.
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This act was passed as part of the Lyndon B. Johnson administration’s War on Poverty campaign. It essentially was to improve educational equity for students in low-income families by providing federal funds to school districts. This act was created to help give every student an equal opportunity for a good education. It benefitted families that were in poverty by providing income that could be used for better resources like textbooks, library books, and even scholarships.
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This law was passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school that receives federal money. This law was formed to prevent people from not receiving equal benefits and being excluded from participation. This helped lead to more equal education programs
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Although it was not the first school shooting in the United States, it’s often regarded as one of the most significant in the sense that it sparked change in school safety measures for an event like this. It caused schools to implement training (drills) and caused protocols for police officers to change as well. It also led to more schools getting school resource officers.
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"No Child Left Behind" is the Obama administration's slogan for elementary and secondary education in the United States, based on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was introduced at that time. The Act included policies and theories intended to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education in the United States. This act, like the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, helped to improve the equal opportunities given to each student.
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There are two parts to this campus bullying incident. The first occurred on March 28, 2015, when a 16-year-old female student was beaten by two Chinese nationals at a restaurant in Rowland Heights. The second part occurred two days later, when an 18-year-old Chinese girl was bullied for five hours in Rowland Heights Park. Since both the perpetrators and the victims were Chinese, this incident caused a huge discussion and sensation in the United States as well as in China.
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Ahmad Muhammad, of Asian descent, was arrested at his high school for bringing a disassembled digital clock into MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. This incident sparked a lot of discussion among commentators and prominent media outlets in the United States about racial discrimination and Islamophobia. The incident also sparked a discussion of other racial stereotypes at the time because of the overwhelming fear of teachers and the resulting psychological impact on students.
