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"Students were stripped of all things associated with Native life. Their long hair, a source of pride for many Native peoples, was cut short, usually into identical bowl haircuts. They exchanged traditional clothing for uniforms. Students were physically punished for speaking their Native languages."
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75% of America's teachers were women. Women made up a far smaller percentage of administrators.
"teachers began to rebel and unions started to emerge. It took awhile but by 1930, female teachers were largely successful. Their annual pay grew and some women began to rise to principal and superintendent rankings."
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It all started when Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for black people. This was racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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Movement made so that children of all races could go to school together.
Before the Brown vs. Board of Education, children of different races were forced to follow the "Separate but Equal" act. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1siiQelPHbQ -
This was created in order to enhance and strengthen the American school system through funds. It also encouraged students to pursue education after high school. https://history.house.gov/HouseRecord/Detail/15032436195
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Created to help preschool children that come from low-income families by providing them with a program that can meet their emotional, social, health, and psychological needs. https://www.decal.ga.gov/HeadStart/History.aspx#:~:text=Project%20Head%20Start%2C%20launched%20as,%2C%20nutritional%2C%20and%20psychological%20needs.
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Title IX is a law that prohibits discrimination against students or employees based on their sex in a educational institution. Before this law was passed, female students and faculty were both limited to what they could do. https://www.justice.gov/crt/title-ix-education-amendments-1972
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Law that allows a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities. Provides special education and services to the children in the program. https://sites.ed.gov/idea/
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Told teachers what students should know in their grade. Standards also determine what curriculum teachers and schools use to meet the correct standards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0
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Improving student success through yearly standardized assessment of students. These tests would quantify education progress and hold each school accountable for student performance. https://www.k12.wa.us
