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The first school opened in April of 1635 in Boston known as the Boston latin school, it is known as the first public school and the oldest existing school in America
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It was the first book published for education and became the foundation for education I New England and the colonies.
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the Boston English High school was the first high school to open.
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75% of teachers in America were female but there were not that many female administrators
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The U.S. Supreme Court made a decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal”
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The American College Testing (ACT) was introduced for the very first time.
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This act help create Title I and allocated funds to low income area schools that needed extra help with educating their students. This act also help create the Head Start program which would help prepare students from low income areas for kindergarten.
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a law ensuring that students with disabilities will have extra services.
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was a movement to officially set goals for teachers and students to be achieved during each grade level. which resulted in the no child left behind act
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a law signed by George W. Bush to prevent the gap between the majority and minority from expanding. And also requires testing students 3-8th grade in reading and math and testing the high school in reading and math at least once.