History of Education

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  • Common School Movement

    Common School Movement

    Education reform in the U.S. has a rich and varied history. In the 1800s, Horace Mann created the
    first publicly funded school system
    at the elementary level, with an emphasis on teacher training, and universal and secular education.
  • progressive education movement

    progressive education movement

    As a response to the social reforms linked to the industrial revolution, John Dewey launched the progressive education movement.
  • Brown v.s Board of education

    Brown v.s Board of education

    The Supreme Court decision that ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
  • Civil rights act of 1964

    Civil rights act of 1964

    "No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

  • The Education amendments

    Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.